to porter

Examples

• All

• Poor Felicity tired of portering trays and sweeping the crumbs of plum pie we left at our feet.

  Fiction book (1997)

• Right, so I'll be portering again, will I?

  Leap Year (2010)

• Who the fuck wanted to porter under the obligation of grief?

  Fiction book (1994)

• Oh, I'll devil-porter it no further.

  Macbeth (1971)

• At the train station, a friendly man offered to porter my luggage to the platform.

• During the hike, we hired a local to porter our supplies through the mountains.

Synonyms

F

to fetch and carry

vsto porter

• Informal

1 5.7

To do small, simple tasks or errands for someone in charge

transports luggage and supplies professionally as a paid helper

Compounds

N

night porter

1 4.8

A person who works in a hotel at night and helps guests

P

Pullman porter

• Archaic

1 8.6

A person who works on a train and helps passengers in sleeping cars

H

hall porter

• UK

1 6.5

A person who works at a building entrance and helps visitors in hotels or university halls

B

Baltic porter

7.5

A dark, strong beer from countries near the Baltic Sea that is made in cool conditions and tastes rich

How Heavy

to lug

21 4.4

to schlep

• Slang

7 9.9

to porter

• UK

5.9

to tote

• US

30 6.0

to carry

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

Etymology