doorkeepers

plural of doorkeeper
as in janitors
a person who tends a door the doorkeeper held the door open for us so we didn't have to put down our packages

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Noun
  • Low-wage service workers, including cleaners, janitors, security guards, cafeteria workers and other staffers who keep buildings operating, are often out of luck.
    Matt Egan, CNN Money, 7 Oct. 2025
  • The great quarterbacks are janitors for organizational messes, smoothing over the cracks and making a bad team look competent for three hours.
    Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 29 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The shelters were once primarily used for summer hiking trips, when porters stocked them with food, drinks, and supplies.
    Scott Yorko, Travel + Leisure, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Of those who stay, more than eighty per cent work in the informal sector—as domestic servants, street hawkers, porters, cleaners.
    Kapil Komireddi, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The idea didn’t make it past the gatekeepers; Spain’s federation and FIFA both shot it down.
    Asli Pelit, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Ricamora also wants to redirect conversations about representation toward industry gatekeepers.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 10 Oct. 2025
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“Doorkeepers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/doorkeepers. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.

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