as in janitor
a person who tends a door
the doorkeeper held the door open for us so we didn't have to put down our packages
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The more that is written about Kafka, the more that his images are scrutinized—the cages and buckets and horses, the emperors and doorkeepers—the further that access recedes.
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Joy Williams, Harper's Magazine, 30 Mar. 2024
Both tickets’ corners are missing, presumably torn by the doorkeeper in question.
—Ellen Wexler, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Sep. 2023
The witnesses include Robert Contee, acting chief of police, Metropolitan Police Department; Steven Sund, former chief, U.S. Capitol Police; Michael Stenger, former Senate sergeant-at-arms and doorkeeper; and Paul Irving, former House sergeant-at-arms.
—Jamie McIntyre, Washington Examiner, 23 Feb. 2021
The doorkeeper, who is half-blind, won’t let him in.
—Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2022
The doorkeeper with the cat’s eye is said to stay awake at night thereafter, looking for mice.
—Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2022
The doctor replaces the doorkeeper’s blind eye with a cat’s eye, curing his sight.
—Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2022
Meanwhile, his best friend Michael, a research executive, is zooming around town in a BMW and has a new apartment with a doorkeeper.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 21 Jan. 2022
Metropolitan Police Department Chief Robert Contee, former Senate Sergeant at Arms and doorkeeper Michael Stenger, former House Sergeant at Arms Paul Irving and former U.S. Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund have all been invited as witnesses.
—Rick Klein, ABC News, 23 Feb. 2021
Joy Williams, Harper's Magazine, 30 Mar. 2024
Both tickets’ corners are missing, presumably torn by the doorkeeper in question.
—Ellen Wexler, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Sep. 2023
The witnesses include Robert Contee, acting chief of police, Metropolitan Police Department; Steven Sund, former chief, U.S. Capitol Police; Michael Stenger, former Senate sergeant-at-arms and doorkeeper; and Paul Irving, former House sergeant-at-arms.
—Jamie McIntyre, Washington Examiner, 23 Feb. 2021
The doorkeeper, who is half-blind, won’t let him in.
—Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2022
The doorkeeper with the cat’s eye is said to stay awake at night thereafter, looking for mice.
—Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2022
The doctor replaces the doorkeeper’s blind eye with a cat’s eye, curing his sight.
—Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2022
Meanwhile, his best friend Michael, a research executive, is zooming around town in a BMW and has a new apartment with a doorkeeper.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 21 Jan. 2022
Metropolitan Police Department Chief Robert Contee, former Senate Sergeant at Arms and doorkeeper Michael Stenger, former House Sergeant at Arms Paul Irving and former U.S. Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund have all been invited as witnesses.
—Rick Klein, ABC News, 23 Feb. 2021
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