: a usually uniformed attendant at the door of a building (such as a hotel or apartment building)
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we tipped the hotel doorman for getting us a cab
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Also on the list: an office employee or doorman at your residence.
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Linley Sanders, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Dec. 2024
One memorable moment involves Ito’s phone conversation with a hotel doorman who had offered to testify on her behalf.
—Margy Rochlin, Los Angeles Times, 2 Dec. 2024
Those words were the theme for the entire stay, from the friendly but not obsequious doormen, to the at-the-ready house car (a hybrid Bentley SUV, naturally), to the peaceful, never-overcrowded Hanover Square directly across the street.
—Laura Ratliff, Travel + Leisure, 19 Oct. 2024
Overnights are usually reserved for the newest doormen.
—Zach Helfand, The New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2024
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Linley Sanders, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Dec. 2024
One memorable moment involves Ito’s phone conversation with a hotel doorman who had offered to testify on her behalf.
—Margy Rochlin, Los Angeles Times, 2 Dec. 2024
Those words were the theme for the entire stay, from the friendly but not obsequious doormen, to the at-the-ready house car (a hybrid Bentley SUV, naturally), to the peaceful, never-overcrowded Hanover Square directly across the street.
—Laura Ratliff, Travel + Leisure, 19 Oct. 2024
Overnights are usually reserved for the newest doormen.
—Zach Helfand, The New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2024
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“Doorman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/doorman. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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doorman
noun
door·man
-ˌman 
-mən
: a person who tends a door (as of a hotel) and assists people (as by calling taxis)
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