porter
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.