ALL meanings of porter
por·ter
P p - noun porter station, airport: carries luggage 1
- noun porter hotel: carries luggage 1
- noun porter university: doorkeeper, caretaker 1
- noun porter building: caretaker 1
- noun porter door or gatekeeper 1
- noun porter the left-hand side of a vessel or aircraft, facing forward. 1
- adjective porter pertaining to or designating port. 1
- adjective porter located on the left side of a vessel or aircraft. 1
- countable noun porter A porter is a person whose job is to be in charge of the entrance of a building such as a hotel. 0
- countable noun porter A porter is a person whose job is to carry things, for example people's luggage at a railway station or in a hotel. 0
- countable noun porter A porter on a train is a person whose job is to make up beds in the sleeping car and to help passengers. 0
- countable noun porter In a hospital, a porter is someone whose job is to move patients from place to place. 0
- noun porter a person employed to carry luggage, parcels, supplies, etc, esp at a railway station or hotel 0
- noun porter (in hospitals) a person employed to move patients from place to place 0
- noun porter a railway employee who waits on passengers, esp in a sleeper 0
- noun porter a manual labourer 0
- noun porter a person in charge of a gate or door; doorman or gatekeeper 0
- noun porter a person employed by a university or college as a caretaker and doorkeeper who also answers enquiries 0
- noun porter a person in charge of the maintenance of a building, esp a block of flats 0
- noun porter a person ordained to what was formerly the lowest in rank of the minor orders 0
- noun porter a dark sweet ale brewed from black malt 0
- noun porter Cole. 1893–1964, US composer and lyricist of musical comedies. His most popular songs include Night and Day and Let's do It 0
- noun porter George, Baron Porter of Luddenham. 1920–2002, British chemist, who shared a Nobel prize for chemistry in 1967 for his work on flash photolysis 0
- noun porter Katherine Anne. 1890–1980, US short-story writer and novelist. Her best-known collections of stories are Flowering Judas (1930) and Pale Horse, Pale Rider (1939) 0
- noun porter Peter. 1929–2010, Australian poet, lived in Britain 0
- noun porter Rodney Robert. 1917–85, British biochemist: shared the Nobel prize for physiology or medicine 1972 for determining the structure of an antibody 0
- noun porter Cole (koʊl ) ; kōl) 1891-1964; U.S. composer of popular songs 0
- noun porter David1780-1843; U.S. naval officer & diplomat 0
- noun porter ˈDavid Dixon (ˈdɪksən ) ; dikˈsən) 1813-91; Union admiral in the Civil War: son of David 0
- noun porter Lord George1920-2002; Brit. chemist 0
- noun porter Katherine Anne1890-1980; U.S. short-story writer, essayist, & novelist 0
- noun porter Rodney Robert1917-85; Brit. biochemist 0
- noun porter a doorkeeper or gatekeeper 0
- noun porter the lowest of the four minor orders 0
- noun porter a person who carries luggage, etc. for hire or as an attendant at a railroad station, hotel, etc. 0
- noun porter an employee who sweeps, cleans, does errands, etc. as in a bank, store, or restaurant 0
- noun porter a railroad employee who waits on passengers in a sleeper or parlor car 0
- noun porter a dark-brown beer made from charred or browned malt and produced by rapid fermentation at a relatively high temperature 0
- noun porter A porter is a person whose job is to carry things, for example, people's luggage at a hotel. 0