as in janitor
a person who tends a door
he generously tipped the porter for hailing a taxi
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Recent Examples of porter
The primarily Black staff of porters were the vital component of the Pullman Company’s exclusive sleeper car service.
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Jared McCallister, New York Daily News, 2 Feb. 2025
Pullman sleeping cars’ high-quality customer service required porters to tote luggage, serve food, shine shoes, wake passengers, clean berths, make beds, comfort crying babies and perform myriad other duties to ensure a comfortable trip for passengers.
—Jared McCallister, New York Daily News, 2 Feb. 2025
It is sold in more than 20 countries and 150 stores globally including Net-a-porter, Saks Fifth Avenue, Bergdorf Goodman, Mytheresa, Neiman Marcus, Fwrd and Revolve.
—Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 26 Mar. 2025
In another laudable effort, Exodus has since 2020 run the Mountain Lioness Project, in Tanzania, which has so far trained 30 women porters to work as guides on Mount Kilimanjaro.
—Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 18 Mar. 2025
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Jared McCallister, New York Daily News, 2 Feb. 2025
Pullman sleeping cars’ high-quality customer service required porters to tote luggage, serve food, shine shoes, wake passengers, clean berths, make beds, comfort crying babies and perform myriad other duties to ensure a comfortable trip for passengers.
—Jared McCallister, New York Daily News, 2 Feb. 2025
It is sold in more than 20 countries and 150 stores globally including Net-a-porter, Saks Fifth Avenue, Bergdorf Goodman, Mytheresa, Neiman Marcus, Fwrd and Revolve.
—Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 26 Mar. 2025
In another laudable effort, Exodus has since 2020 run the Mountain Lioness Project, in Tanzania, which has so far trained 30 women porters to work as guides on Mount Kilimanjaro.
—Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 18 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for porter
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An older African American painter Ed Clark (1926-2019) had pioneered this gambit earlier by painting with a janitor’s push broom.—
Holland Cotter,
New York Times,
27 Mar. 2025
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Zoom in: The wage move affects employees of companies that contract with the federal government, such as janitors and food service workers.—
Emily Peck,
Axios,
21 Mar. 2025
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“Porter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/porter. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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