porter English

Meaning porter meaning

What does porter mean?

Definitions in simple English

porter Noun

— A porter is someone whose work is to carry things. The porter will take your things up to your room for you.

porter

— noun a person employed to carry luggage and supplies

— noun (= doorkeeper) someone who guards an entrance

— noun a railroad employee who assists passengers (especially on sleeping cars)

— noun a very dark sweet ale brewed from roasted unmalted barley

— verb carry luggage or supplies They portered the food up Mount Kilimanjaro for the tourists

Porter

— noun United States composer and lyricist of musical comedies (1891-1946)

— noun (= O. Henry) United States writer of short stories whose pen name was O. Henry (1862-1910)

— noun United States writer of novels and short stories (1890-1980)

Synonyms porter synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as porter?

porter English » English

doorkeeper

carrier

doorman

janitor

door-keeper

gatekeeper

gateman

coolie

bearer

concierge

redcap

porter’s beer

Pullman porter

usher

stout

ostiary

hall porter

door guard

caretaker

worker

watch-man

warder

transporter

transmit

trainman

toter

tote

superintendent

suer

street-porter

steward

skycap

servant

retainer

range

portress

portie

plaintiff

pilot

petitioner

pass on

packman

pack

lodgekeeper

labourer

laborer

hold

heaves

heaver

guardman

Porter English » English

William Sydney Porter

O. Henry

Katherine Anne Porter

Cole Porter

Cole Albert Porter

Topics porter topics

What do people use porter to talk about?

Work and occupation

Occupation

• What are the occupations in hotel management?
  hotel owner concierge porter desk clerk
• What are the occupations in transportation?
  chauffeur driver truck driver cab driver porter loader mover dispatcher captain of ship sailor pilot copilot navigator steward stewardess

Physical actions Move something

Carry

• What words refer to someone who carries things?
  porter bearer carrier courier

Examples porter examples

How do I use porter in a sentence?

Simple sentences

Don't forget to tip the porter for carrying your luggage.

Please have the porter take the baggage to our room.

Let a porter carry your baggage.

Kumiko got a porter to carry her suitcase at the airport.

I work as a porter for this transportation company.

Movie subtitles

I say, porter.

As soon as we got there, you asked the porter for a drink.

You take my documents and go there, ring for the porter, then go to the director's sign your name in the guest book, they take you on, and that's that.

This is Senf, the head porter, Grand Hotel.

I've often wondered what would happen to that porter. if somebody jumped on him from here.

The night porter's gone.

Hello, porter?

Head porter's desk.

Yes, head porter.

Porter.

Oh, porter.

I say, porter. Don't take my luggage down.

Have you left everything ready for me outside, mrs. Porter?

Good night, mrs. Porter.

Porter!

Do you think I'm a railway porter?

I don't want a porter!

Mr. and Mrs. Hoffman. - Head porter's desk.

The porter knows about it.

Porter?

I'm Porter the stationmaster.

I'm Stationmaster Porter at Buggles.

I'll have a pint of porter.

I was about to send for you, Mr Porter. Take a drink.

Splendid show, Porter.

News and current affairs

As part of the Harvard Business School's US Competiveness Project, Michael Porter and Jan Rivkin recently published an eight-point plan, which could be implemented within the next two to three years.

Harvard Business School professor Michael Porter famously raised this concern in a 1996 article in the Harvard Business Review.

While Porter's critique was directed at business managers, it bears critically on the current US policy debate.

America's CIA director, Porter Goss, testified about a worsening military balance in the Taiwan Strait; and President George W. Bush pleaded with Europeans not to lift their embargo on arms sales to China.

The porter who brings my luggage to my hotel room is of Tunisian origin.

A conceptual basis for the opposing perspective, to which I adhere, lies in the Harvard economist Michael Porter's theory of shared value creation.