as in janitors
a person who tends a door
we tipped the hotel doorman for getting us a cab
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Recent Examples of doormen
The arrangement offers a cramped kind of luxury and a social life protected by doormen and security codes.
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Justin Davidson, Curbed, 22 Sep. 2025
Its ceilings are gilded in 24-karat gold and the doormen wear white top hats.
—Paul Brady, Travel + Leisure, 18 Sep. 2025
Teddy was doing his own research on this, and Emory Cohen, who plays young Lester, dove deep and talked to a lot of doormen, trying to find out the history and the details and the specifics of decorum.
—Selome Hailu, Variety, 9 Sep. 2025
From the doormen who greet you to the staff who take your bags, from the tableside cocktail service to the valet at departure, every interaction carries the same sense of care.
—Keyla Vasconcellos, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
Justin Davidson, Curbed, 22 Sep. 2025
Its ceilings are gilded in 24-karat gold and the doormen wear white top hats.
—Paul Brady, Travel + Leisure, 18 Sep. 2025
Teddy was doing his own research on this, and Emory Cohen, who plays young Lester, dove deep and talked to a lot of doormen, trying to find out the history and the details and the specifics of decorum.
—Selome Hailu, Variety, 9 Sep. 2025
From the doormen who greet you to the staff who take your bags, from the tableside cocktail service to the valet at departure, every interaction carries the same sense of care.
—Keyla Vasconcellos, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for doormen
Noun
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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
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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
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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
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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
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“Doormen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/doormen. Accessed 14 Oct. 2025.
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