: a usually uniformed attendant at the door of a building (such as a hotel or apartment building)
Synonyms of doorman
Examples of doorman in a Sentence
we tipped the hotel doorman for getting us a cab
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Square-jawed detectives were tripping over corpses at midtown construction sites, blind vigilantes were redecorating Hell’s Kitchen with body parts and even poor Lester the doorman ended up dead in an Upper West Side courtyard fountain.
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Benjamin Svetkey, HollywoodReporter, 11 Feb. 2026
The final straw came about two weeks ago, when the bar's doorman confiscated a fake ID featuring the face of Benjamin Franklin — complete with a fictional home address on Market Street.
—Ross Dimattei, CBS News, 6 Feb. 2026
The cheerful doorman smiles warmly and helps you with your things.
—Forbes Travel Guide, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026
The front door of Poké Court now locks automatically, and Chin has hired a doorman.
—Clio Chang, Curbed, 23 Jan. 2026
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Benjamin Svetkey, HollywoodReporter, 11 Feb. 2026
The final straw came about two weeks ago, when the bar's doorman confiscated a fake ID featuring the face of Benjamin Franklin — complete with a fictional home address on Market Street.
—Ross Dimattei, CBS News, 6 Feb. 2026
The cheerful doorman smiles warmly and helps you with your things.
—Forbes Travel Guide, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026
The front door of Poké Court now locks automatically, and Chin has hired a doorman.
—Clio Chang, Curbed, 23 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for doorman
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“Doorman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/doorman. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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doorman
noun
door·man
-ˌman 
-mən
: a person who tends a door (as of a hotel) and assists people (as by calling taxis)
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