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Noun: porter  por-tu(r)
  1. A person employed to carry luggage and supplies
    "The hotel porter helped us with our bags"
     
  2. Someone who guards an entrance
    "The hall porter greeted guests as they arrived at the hotel";
    - doorkeeper, door guard, hall porter, gatekeeper, ostiary
     
  3. A railway employee who assists passengers (especially on sleeping cars)
    "The Pullman porter helped passengers with their luggage";
    - Pullman porter
     
  4. A dark beer made from roasted malt
    "He enjoyed a pint of porter's beer with his hearty stew";
    - porter's beer [archaic]
Verb: porter  por-tu(r)
  1. Carry luggage or supplies
    "They portered the food up Mount Kilimanjaro for the tourists"
Noun: Porter  por-tu(r)
  1. United States writer of short stories whose pen name was O. Henry (1862-1910)
    - William Sydney Porter, O. Henry
     
  2. United States writer of novels and short stories (1890-1980)
    - Katherine Anne Porter
     
  3. United States composer and lyricist of musical comedies (1891-1964)
    - Cole Porter, Cole Albert Porter

Derived forms: portering, porters, portered

Type of: ale, author, carry, composer, employe [US], employee, guard, jack, laborer [US], labourer [Brit, Cdn], manual laborer [US], manual labourer [Brit, Cdn], transport, writer

Encyclopedia: Porter, Ohio