porter

noun

1. A person who carries luggage and related objects.

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

   “Achilles! a drayman, a porter, a very camel.”

   “the unsmotherable delight of all the porters and by - standers”

   “The man who carries your luggage at the station is a "red cap", not a porter. The Canadian porter is the man who makes up the beds in the sleeping cars.”

   “As soon as we had come to a stand in Kamina Station, a swarm of porters pushed their way into the compartment to get my luggage. I selected one, and ordered the others out, and then detrained.”

2. An ant having the specialized role of carrying.
3. One who ports software (makes it usable on another platform).

   “[…] useful only if you are a Perl porter or implementor and you want to check the efficiency of the hashing algorithm.”

4. (countable)A person in control of the entrance to a building.
5. (countable)An employee who clears and cleans tables and puts bowling balls away.
6. (countable, uncountable)A strong, dark ale, originally favored by porters (etymology 1, sense 1), similar to a stout but less strong.
7. (Ireland, countable, uncountable)Stout (malt brew).

   “‘Here, Pat, give us a g.p., like a good fellow.’ The curate brought him a glass of plain porter. The man drank it at a gulp and asked for a caraway seed.”

verb

1. To serve as a porter; to carry.

name

1. (countable, uncountable)A surname originating as an occupation.

   “The pixels’ use in a taxpayer context resulted in the “reckless” sharing of legally protected data that could put taxpayers at risk, according to the report by Warren and her Democratic colleagues Sens. Ron Wyden; Richard Blumenthal; Tammy Duckworth; and Sheldon Whitehouse; Sen. Bernie Sanders, an independent who caucuses with Democrats; and Democratic Rep. Katie Porter.”

   “"What do you say to the 40 percent of California voters, who you'll need in order to win, who voted for (President Donald) Trump?" Watts asked. Then Porter said, "How would I need them in order to win, ma'am?" expressing some level of disapproval with the question while letting out a laugh.”

2. (countable, uncountable)A unisex given name.
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