chiefly British
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 Pullman porter jobs were good enough to lift some porters’ families into the middle class, especially after the formation of the first Black union, the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters in 1925. Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 21 June 2025 After agreeing to board a late flight to the island, Brody predictably fails to show, which leads to Bess having a desperate, impulsive affair with Salty Dan, the island’s porter. Alyssa Davis, People.com, 19 June 2025 By the time the cheer subsides, the two women and their volunteer porters are power-walking into the redwoods, barely holding themselves back from running. Sam MacIlwaine, Outside Online, 16 June 2025 Ultimately, these judges selected medal winners in more than 300 categories including 9 stout categories — there were also other dark beer categories including various styles of porters. Erik Ofgang, Forbes.com, 3 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for porter
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janitor
Noun
  • How many janitors and clerks—who commute for hours from Tehran’s poorest suburbs—are now dead or injured?
    Siamak Namazi, Time, 25 June 2025
  • The janitors who clean their classrooms don’t have a four-year limit before being forced to find another job.
    Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 June 2025

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“Porter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/porter. Accessed 11 Jul. 2025.

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