porter

(noun, verb)

noun

1. a person employed to carry luggage and supplies

Definition categories: person, jack, laborer, labourer

2. someone who guards an entrance

Similar word(s): doorkeeper, doorman, gatekeeper, ostiary

Definition categories: person, guard

3. a railroad employee who assists passengers (especially on sleeping cars)

Definition categories: person, employee

4. a very dark sweet ale brewed from roasted unmalted barley

Definition categories: food, ale

Sentences with porter as a noun:

- By the time I reached the train station I was exhausted, but fortunately there was a porter waiting.

verb

1. carry luggage or supplies

- They portered the food up Mount Kilimanjaro for the tourists

Definition categories: contact, carry, transport