porter

[US]/ˈpɔːtə(r)/
[UK]/ˈpɔːrtər/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. gatekeeper; doorkeeper; servant; luggage carrier.

Phrases & Collocations

luggage porter

Example Sentences

the porter left with a surly expression.

give a porter one's luggage to carry

The hotel porter will help you.

the head porter works in close liaison with the reception office.

The porter had to force the window open every morning.

The porter, however, could not understand me.

I tipped the porter 50p.

The porters scratched up the desk.

the porter was the last person to see her prior to her disappearance.

The porters may be-fied by their red caps.

The 'taxi' is a small Swiss aeroplane called a 'Pilatus Porter'.

The porter distributes incoming letters to the offices.

Feodal porter Ma Babei never reconciles to failure and buys off workers at first and then makes destruct insanely.

New Labour apparatchiks were much more likely to wax lyrical about Tom Peters* and Michael Porter* than Keir Hardie* and Nye Bevan*.

Miranda, Eva and Plisse-Rondo are three women characters written by the famous American southern writers Katherine Anne Porter and Eudora Wetly.

The Latin Church had long recognized four minor orders (porter, lector, exorcist, acolyte) and four major orders (subdeacon, deacon, priest, bishop).

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