: a usually uniformed attendant at the door of a building (such as a hotel or apartment building)
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Examples of doorman in a Sentence
we tipped the hotel doorman for getting us a cab
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Amenities include a full-time doorman, top-of-the-line kitchen with a large island, a stainless-steel wine fridge, breakfast bar and a private guest wing with three bedrooms, staff quarters and a laundry room.
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Erin Clements, Peoplemag, 13 June 2024
The story of the Trump Tower doorman in the hush money saga is often overlooked amid Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal’s tales of Trumpian trysts.
—Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 1 June 2024
Jerónimo Álvarez Iván García Velasco, a doorman at the Ritz
Jerónimo Álvarez
The hotel’s cozy lobby is undergoing a transition tonight.
—Clara Laguna, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Dec. 2023
The first came from a doorman at a Trump building who had heard a false rumor that Mr. Trump had fathered a child out of wedlock.
—William K. Rashbaum, New York Times, 30 May 2024
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Erin Clements, Peoplemag, 13 June 2024
The story of the Trump Tower doorman in the hush money saga is often overlooked amid Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal’s tales of Trumpian trysts.
—Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 1 June 2024
Jerónimo Álvarez Iván García Velasco, a doorman at the Ritz
Jerónimo Álvarez
The hotel’s cozy lobby is undergoing a transition tonight.
—Clara Laguna, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Dec. 2023
The first came from a doorman at a Trump building who had heard a false rumor that Mr. Trump had fathered a child out of wedlock.
—William K. Rashbaum, New York Times, 30 May 2024
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“Doorman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/doorman. Accessed 2 Jul. 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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