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- Dictionaryporter/ˈpɔːtə/
noun
- 1. a person employed to carry luggage and other loads, especially in a railway station, airport, hotel, or market.
- 2. dark brown bitter beer brewed from malt partly charred or browned by drying at a high temperature: "a nice pint of porter"
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PORTER definition: 1. a person whose job is to carry things, especially travellers' bags at railway stations…. Learn more.
porter: [noun] a person stationed at a door or gate to admit or assist those entering.
PORTER meaning: 1. a person whose job is to carry things, especially travellers' bags at railway stations…. Learn more.
15 meanings: 1. a person employed to carry luggage, parcels, supplies, etc, esp at a railway station or hotel 2. (in hospitals).... Click for more definitions.
Definition of porter noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Porter definition: a person hired to carry burdens or baggage, as at a railroad station or a hotel.. See examples of PORTER used in a sentence.
por·ter 1. (pôr′tər) n. 1. A person employed to carry burdens, especially an attendant who carries travelers' baggage at a hotel or transportation station. 2. A railroad employee who waits on passengers in a sleeping car or parlor car. 3. A maintenance worker for a building or institution.
PORTER definition: someone whose job is to carry other people's bags in hotels, stations, etc. Learn more.
Porter definition: . See examples of PORTER used in a sentence.
4. [count] British : a person whose job is to move patients from one part of a hospital to another. 5. [count, noncount] : a heavy, dark brown beer. a glass of porter. PORTER meaning: 1 : a person whose job is to carry bags or luggage at a hotel, airport, etc.; 2 : a person whose job is to help passengers on a train.
