porter¹ /pōrˈ or pörˈtər/

1. (also fem portˈeress or portˈress) a doorkeeper or gatekeeper
2. A caretaker in a college, university, etc, or in a block of flats
3. A person at the door or entrance to an office block, factory, etc who greets visitors, takes messages, allows or monitors entrance, etc
4. Someone who waits at the door to receive messages

portˈerage noun

The office or duty of a porter

porter's lodge noun

A house or an apartment near a gate for the use of the porter

porter² /pōrˈ or pörˈtər/

1. A person employed at a railway station, hotel, market, etc to carry passengers' luggage, parcels, etc
2. A person employed in a hospital to move patients, etc
3. An attendant on a train (US)
4. A dark-brown malt liquor, prob from its popularity with London porters

portˈerage noun

1. Carriage
2. The charge made by a porter for carrying goods

portˈerly adverb

Like a porter

1. Of a porter
2. Coarse

porterˈ-house noun

1. A house where porter is sold
2. A chop-house

portˈerhouse or porˈterhouse-steak noun

A choice cut of beefsteak next to the sirloin

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