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Porter

noun

A person employed to carry luggage and supplies.

Someone who guards an entrance. Synonyms: door guard, doorkeeper, doorman, gatekeeper, hall porter, ostiary.

United States writer of novels and short stories (1890-1980). Synonym: Katherine Anne Porter.

United States composer and lyricist of musical comedies (1891-1946). Synonyms: Cole Albert Porter, Cole Porter.

United States writer of short stories whose pen name was O. Henry (1862-1910). Synonyms: O. Henry, William Sydney Porter.

A railroad employee who assists passengers (especially on sleeping cars). Synonym: Pullman porter.

A very dark sweet ale brewed from roasted unmalted barley. Synonym: porter's beer.

verb

Carry luggage or supplies.

Port

adjective

Located on the left side of a ship or aircraft. Synonym: larboard.

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"Porter" Quotes from Famous Books

... Indianapolis after the war, resumed his office of reporter of the supreme court, but in 1867 declined a renomination, preferring to devote himself exclusively to the practice of law. Became a member of the firm of Porter, Harrison & Fishback, and, after subsequent changes, of that of Harrison, Miller & Elam. Took part in 1868 and 1872 in the Presidential campaigns in support of General Grant, traveling over Indiana and speaking to large audiences. In 1876 at first declined a nomination ...

— A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents, Volume IX. • Benjamin Harrison

... ever seen, this crowd fills the bill. . . . Why one damn fellow who's helping in the cook-house—peeling potatoes—says it gives him pains in the stummick. . . . Work too hard. . . . And in civil life he was outside porter in a goods yard." He relapsed into ...

— Mufti • H. C. (Herman Cyril) McNeile

... to account for my silence, as I found it difficult to understand the tardy arrival of the prospectuses you had promised me in your letter of the fourth of this month. I must explain to you that the porter here had confounded that packet with the files of unimportant printed papers addressed to a Prefecture, and if the want of a book had not induced me to visit the private study of the Prefect, I should perhaps have not yet discovered the mistake. I thank ...

— Memoirs To Illustrate The History Of My Time - Volume 1 • Francois Pierre Guillaume Guizot

... he had a fit, recovered, and found himself in the Head's study, and the object of the interested regard of the Head, Messrs. Colfe and Steynker, the school medico, and the porter. ...

— Snake and Sword - A Novel • Percival Christopher Wren

... the right place," he assured us when the last hot porter had dumped the last of our belongings on the porch, had ceased from chattering to watch Fred's financial methods, had been paid double the customary price, and had gone away grumbling (to laugh at us behind our backs). "They'd have rooked you at the other hole—underfed ...

— The Ivory Trail • Talbot Mundy

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