† portitorn.

Forms: late Middle English portitour, 1700s portitor.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin portitor.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin portitor doorkeeper (in an undated glossary; from 12th cent. or earlier in British sources), perhaps representing a transferred use of classical Latin portitor customs officer ( < portus port n.¹ + -tor , suffix forming agent nouns: see -or suffix), or perhaps re-formed < classical Latin porta port n.³ + -tor (see -or suffix).With Portitor of the Great Wardrobe, Portitor to the Great Wardrobe compare post-classical Latin Portitor Magne Garderobe (1573 in a British source).

Obsolete.

A doorkeeper, a janitor.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > domestic servant > [noun] > usher > door- or gate-keeper

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1480 Wardrobe Accts. Edward IV in N. H. Nicolas Privy Purse Expenses Elizabeth of York (1830) 128 To the portitour at iiij d. by the day.

1480 Wardrobe Accts. Edward IV in N. H. Nicolas Privy Purse Expenses Elizabeth of York (1830) 170 Thomas Stanes Portitour of the same grete Warderobe.

1737 Chamberlayne's Magnæ Britanniæ Notitia (ed. 33) Lists 213/2 Portitor and Taylor to the great Wardrobe, Mr John Mills.

1767 Millan's Universal Reg. Court & City Offices (ed. 29) 65/2 Portitor and Taylor to great Wardrobe. —— Hayes.

?1834 C. Lamb Lett. (1935) III. 406 I dreaded that Argus Portitor, who doubtless lanterned me out on that prodigious night.]

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	portitor
释义	† portitorn. Forms: late Middle English portitour, 1700s portitor. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin portitor. Etymology: < post-classical Latin portitor doorkeeper (in an undated glossary; from 12th cent. or earlier in British sources), perhaps representing a transferred use of classical Latin portitor customs officer ( < portus port n.¹ + -tor , suffix forming agent nouns: see -or suffix), or perhaps re-formed < classical Latin porta port n.³ + -tor (see -or suffix).With Portitor of the Great Wardrobe, Portitor to the Great Wardrobe compare post-classical Latin Portitor Magne Garderobe (1573 in a British source). Obsolete. A doorkeeper, a janitor. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > domestic servant > [noun] > usher > door- or gate-keeper doorwardc950 gate-wardc1000 porter?a1300 ostiary?a1475 portitor1480 doorkeeper1535 gatekeeper1572 janitora1640 conciergea1697 hall-keeper1705 durwan1773 commissioner1820 lodge-keeper1855 doorman1858 lodge-man1892 commissionaire1895 dvornik1903 linkman1939 1480 Wardrobe Accts. Edward IV in N. H. Nicolas Privy Purse Expenses Elizabeth of York (1830) 128 To the portitour at iiij d. by the day. 1480 Wardrobe Accts. Edward IV in N. H. Nicolas Privy Purse Expenses Elizabeth of York (1830) 170 Thomas Stanes Portitour of the same grete Warderobe. 1737 Chamberlayne's Magnæ Britanniæ Notitia (ed. 33) Lists 213/2 Portitor and Taylor to the great Wardrobe, Mr John Mills. 1767 Millan's Universal Reg. Court & City Offices (ed. 29) 65/2 Portitor and Taylor to great Wardrobe. —— Hayes. ?1834 C. Lamb Lett. (1935) III. 406 I dreaded that Argus Portitor, who doubtless lanterned me out on that prodigious night.] This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1480
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