doorman
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1.2
- noun
- /ˈdɔːrmən/
:
portero
- Our doorman will be happy to assist you, ma'am.
That's the only time in my entire career as a doorman where we couldn't stay.
- That's the only time in my entire career as a doorman where we couldn't stay.
- And I was the head doorman at a club in Erith.
- And then that's when I worked as an illegal doorman in borough.
- Two days before this, I was fighting a doorman and he cracked me jar.
- He was somewhere between a doorman and a hype man for a DJ.
- I am a doorman at a luxury hotel.
- And all the guests on the boat are panicking and the doorman sort of tackle him.
- You know, most of the apartments I sell are doorman buildings.
- When she got to the office building, the doorman opened the door and wished her good morning.
- And then they tend to come back to the guys who are stood on the front door front doorman.
- So there's also this very nice and spacious common area where they have a guard and a doorman.
- And then because one of Craig's runners got kicked out of Kings Club, him and Tony went to Kings Club, had a fight with the doorman.
- And now I'm surrounded by gangsters and doorman and fighters boxers.
- Because he made it famous when doorman got famous individuals.
- It was a voice first, like Carlin the doorman.
Examples
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And I was the head doorman at a club in Erith.
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Darcy was handed out of the cab by the doorman, entered Le Cirque, and felt herself begin to unwind.
Fiction book (1991) -
I am a doorman at a luxury hotel.
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When she got to the office building, the doorman opened the door and wished her good morning.
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There's also a doorman on duty from four to midnight here, so you don't have to worry about coming in late.
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Marissa left her car with the doorman at the Omni Parker House Hotel, slipping him a five-dollar bill.
Fiction book (1991) -
Downstairs, I asked the pompously uniformed doorman for the shortest route to the jogging path that rimmed the bay.
Fiction book (1994) -
When she got to the office building, the doorman opened the door and wished her good morning.
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Our doorman will be happy to assist you, ma'am.
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There's also a doorman on duty from four to midnight here, so you don't have to worry about coming in late.
Synonyms
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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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4.1
A person who guards a building or land, usually at night
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4.3
A person who guards a building entrance and checks visitors
11
3.2
A person who guards a place at night
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2.8
A person who guards a building entrance and controls who can enter
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2.5
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 guards a gate and controls who goes in and out
A person who checks people at a club or party and decides who can enter, often an informal rude word
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Etymology
Doorman comes from two simple English words, door and man. It literally means 'a man at a door' who greets, checks, or guards people entering a building, which is exactly what a doorman does.