doorkeeper
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- noun
- /ˈdʊrˌkipər/
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portero
- The doorkeeper greeted each guest warmly as they arrived for the event.
And then the doorkeeper says, is she misnamed?
- And then the doorkeeper says, is she misnamed?
- And the doorkeeper brings up another consideration.
Examples
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The doorkeeper asked for identification before allowing anyone to enter the building.
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We are the doorkeepers; let's keep opening that door for our neighbors and all who may be looking through the peephole wondering if they should open that door.
Blog text (28) -
The stage doorkeeper told the local constable about it, and he reported it to us.
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Smith wants you down at the stage doorkeeper's office.
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Old Nod, the doorkeeper, was still there, and he got up from his squeaky wooden rocking chair to open the stage door for me.
Fiction book (1991) -
Other war veterans sympathized with Corbett; an old cavalryman and legislator arranged a job for him as a doorkeeper in the Kansas House of Representatives in Topeka.
Academic text (2009) -
Her job as a doorkeeper requires her to monitor who comes in and out of the theater.
Synonyms
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1.2
A person whose job is to protect people or property
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1.3
A person who watches and protects a building or people to stop stealing and trouble
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1.2
A person who stands at a building entrance to greet visitors and check who can enter
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5.1
A person or group that controls who can enter a place and who can meet someone
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6.3
A person at a hotel or apartment building who helps guests with mail, luggage, and bookings
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4.3
A person who guards a building entrance and checks visitors
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A person who stands at an entrance to check people entering
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6.5
A person who works at a building entrance and helps visitors in hotels or university halls
A woman who guards the entrance to a building
A person who watches and opens the door of a church
A person who guards a gate and controls who goes in and out
How Authoritative
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Doorkeeper comes from door and keeper. A 'keeper' is someone who looks after or 'guards' something, like a zookeeper for animals, so a doorkeeper is a person who 'guards' an entrance and decides who may enter.