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
Many of the paintings include a portrait of a Pullman porter or a maid surrounded by splashes of color and fragments of archival documents — newspaper clippings, timesheets, employee records.
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Nina Metz,
Chicago Tribune,
17 June 2026
Launching in a refined palette of olive green, burgundy and dark chocolate shades in addition to black, the Berenices sneakers will retail at 345 pounds at the brand’s online store as well as international stockists spanning from Selfridges to Net-a-porter.
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Sandra Salibian,
Footwear News,
9 June 2026
For brisket, a porter or stout, especially a milk stout or Irish stout, is good, but so is the harder-to-find Scotch ale.
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Jay R. Brooks,
Mercury News,
1 June 2026
Things got a little easier for Gleixner after the building’s porter, Jonny Arrascue, 60, moved in with him, Callahan said.
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Nicholas Williams,
New York Daily News,
1 June 2026
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Nina Metz,
Chicago Tribune,
17 June 2026
Launching in a refined palette of olive green, burgundy and dark chocolate shades in addition to black, the Berenices sneakers will retail at 345 pounds at the brand’s online store as well as international stockists spanning from Selfridges to Net-a-porter.
—
Sandra Salibian,
Footwear News,
9 June 2026
For brisket, a porter or stout, especially a milk stout or Irish stout, is good, but so is the harder-to-find Scotch ale.
—
Jay R. Brooks,
Mercury News,
1 June 2026
Things got a little easier for Gleixner after the building’s porter, Jonny Arrascue, 60, moved in with him, Callahan said.
—
Nicholas Williams,
New York Daily News,
1 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for porter
janitor
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The janitor of the school is more important than the principal.
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Broadwater, then 20, had grown up as one of six children of a janitor who worked for Syracuse University.
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“Porter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/porter. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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