as in janitor
a person who tends a door
he generously tipped the porter for hailing a taxi
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The menu includes ales, porter and stouts, IPAs and more.
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Sarah Moore, Freep.com, 2 Aug. 2025
After the bar closed for the night, a bunch of teenagers took over the place; either the porters didn’t notice or didn’t care.
—John Darnielle, Pitchfork, 24 July 2025
Home to eight of the world’s ten highest peaks, a dense network of trails, and an unrivaled trekking infrastructure of lodges, guides, and porters, Nepal is perhaps the world’s ultimate hiking destination.
—Bradley Mayhew, Outside Online, 2 July 2025
Busquets is a Venezuelan businesswoman best known as the majority cofounding investor of Net-a-porter and as a vocal proponent of sustainability.
—Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
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Sarah Moore, Freep.com, 2 Aug. 2025
After the bar closed for the night, a bunch of teenagers took over the place; either the porters didn’t notice or didn’t care.
—John Darnielle, Pitchfork, 24 July 2025
Home to eight of the world’s ten highest peaks, a dense network of trails, and an unrivaled trekking infrastructure of lodges, guides, and porters, Nepal is perhaps the world’s ultimate hiking destination.
—Bradley Mayhew, Outside Online, 2 July 2025
Busquets is a Venezuelan businesswoman best known as the majority cofounding investor of Net-a-porter and as a vocal proponent of sustainability.
—Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for porter
janitor
Noun
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The janitor’s closet at the back of The Barbershop.—
Tim McGovern,
PEOPLE,
11 Sep. 2025
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The Teamsters union includes cooks and other food service workers, as well as groundskeepers, janitors, parking attendants, maintenance workers, mechanics and more.—
Emma McNamee,
Twin Cities,
9 Sep. 2025
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“Porter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/porter. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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