as in janitor
a person who tends a door
he generously tipped the porter for hailing a taxi
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More specifically — and without spoiling a story that piles the twists as high as the corpses — Pine's an ex-British soldier pulled from his porter duties and recruited to surveil a ruthless arms dealer, Richard Roper (Hugh Laurie) staying at the hotel.
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Matt Cabral, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Apr. 2026
The fire was started by a porter who tried to throw a bucket of hot coals overboard into a stiff wind.
—Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 8 Apr. 2026
Known as kolbars, these porters carry goods — such as cigarettes, electronics, and clothing — across Iran’s western provinces.
—ABC News, 30 Mar. 2026
One day a passenger from Hong Kong tipped the young porter with a piece of chocolate, inspiring the boy to imagine Hong Kong as a place of sweetness and goodness.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 Mar. 2026
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Matt Cabral, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Apr. 2026
The fire was started by a porter who tried to throw a bucket of hot coals overboard into a stiff wind.
—Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 8 Apr. 2026
Known as kolbars, these porters carry goods — such as cigarettes, electronics, and clothing — across Iran’s western provinces.
—ABC News, 30 Mar. 2026
One day a passenger from Hong Kong tipped the young porter with a piece of chocolate, inspiring the boy to imagine Hong Kong as a place of sweetness and goodness.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 Mar. 2026
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janitor
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After an embarrassing encounter — Wells, working as a janitor, stumbles upon Graham naked in the locker room — the two make an arrangement.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
13 May 2026
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The roles taken by Burić, the grumpy coach, Romeo, who plays a scary janitor, and Löwensohn, who is the academy’s strict yet maternal manager, allowed Chryssos to toy with sports world tropes.—
Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
9 May 2026
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“Porter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/porter. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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