as in janitor
a person who tends a door
he generously tipped the porter for hailing a taxi
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Pullman sleeping cars’ high-quality customer service required porters to tote luggage, serve food, shine shoes, wake passengers, clean berths, make beds, comfort crying babies and perform myriad other duties to ensure a comfortable trip for passengers.
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Jared McCallister, New York Daily News, 2 Feb. 2025
There, his work as a porter at a drugstore and a hotel sparked inspiration.
—Sarah Holzmann, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Feb. 2025
Test batches of nonalcoholic Black Butte Porter, the No. 1 selling porter in the U.S., sold out almost immediately and exceeded sales expectations four times over.
—John Frank, Axios, 24 Jan. 2025
Employees on the picket line included housekeepers, porters, bellhops and servers.
—John Yoo and John Shu, Newsweek, 23 Jan. 2025
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Jared McCallister, New York Daily News, 2 Feb. 2025
There, his work as a porter at a drugstore and a hotel sparked inspiration.
—Sarah Holzmann, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Feb. 2025
Test batches of nonalcoholic Black Butte Porter, the No. 1 selling porter in the U.S., sold out almost immediately and exceeded sales expectations four times over.
—John Frank, Axios, 24 Jan. 2025
Employees on the picket line included housekeepers, porters, bellhops and servers.
—John Yoo and John Shu, Newsweek, 23 Jan. 2025
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“Porter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/porter. Accessed 6 Mar. 2025.
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