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doorkeepers

noun

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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  1. janitors
  2. porters
  3. gatekeepers
Noun
  • Sasha Valera is a May-October love story between two of the institute’s janitors.
    — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2026
  • California is set to launch such a database by next summer for school support staff, such as bus drivers and janitors, with substantiated claims of egregious misconduct.
    — Holly McDede, ProPublica, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of janitors
Noun
  • Browns Brown ales and porters, while not as dark as black stouts, are strikingly dark compared with almost every other style.
    — Jay R. Brooks, Mercury News, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Innkeepers may be pressed into service, or drivers, porters, errand boys or grooms.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of porters
Noun
  • The Migration Of Power​ Through the 1990s and into the early 2000s, mainstream attention was funneled through a remarkably small number of gatekeepers.
    — Julia Ruttner, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2026
  • If it could be sustained, such a strategy would make Iran and its regional partner de facto gatekeepers for trillions of dollars’ worth of trade each year.
    — April Longley Alley, Foreign Affairs, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of gatekeepers
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“Doorkeepers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/doorkeepers. Accessed 19 Sep. 2026.

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