: a usually uniformed attendant at the door of a building (such as a hotel or apartment building)
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we tipped the hotel doorman for getting us a cab
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The French Renaissance-style structure in Manhattan’s Carnegie Hill sports a beautiful lobby staffed by full-time doormen and concierges, a fitness center, and bicycle storage.
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Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 28 Jan. 2025
The building has an elevator and a part-time doorman and is located about three blocks from the Clark Street 2/3 station in the Brooklyn Heights historic district.
—Kim Velsey, Curbed, 21 Jan. 2025
Should residents need assistance, 24-hour doormen and a concierge are stationed in the entry.
—Jessica Cherner, Architectural Digest, 5 Nov. 2024
That served to keep things fresh after four seasons; S5 will focus on the death of the building's doorman, found floating in the Arcadia's fountain in the season finale.
—Ars Technica, 24 Dec. 2024
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Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 28 Jan. 2025
The building has an elevator and a part-time doorman and is located about three blocks from the Clark Street 2/3 station in the Brooklyn Heights historic district.
—Kim Velsey, Curbed, 21 Jan. 2025
Should residents need assistance, 24-hour doormen and a concierge are stationed in the entry.
—Jessica Cherner, Architectural Digest, 5 Nov. 2024
That served to keep things fresh after four seasons; S5 will focus on the death of the building's doorman, found floating in the Arcadia's fountain in the season finale.
—Ars Technica, 24 Dec. 2024
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“Doorman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/doorman. Accessed 11 Feb. 2025.
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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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