Noun
কুলি, পোর্টার, দ্বাররক্ষক, মুটে, দ্বাররক্ষী, দ্বারবান, সংবাহক, বাহক, দারোয়ান, দৌবারিক
Definitions of porter in English
noun
(1) A person employed to carry luggage and supplies.
(2) Someone who guards an entrance.
(3) United States writer of novels and short stories (1890-1980.
(4) United States composer and lyricist of musical comedies (1891-1946.
(5) United States writer of short stories whose pen name was O. Henry (1862-1910.
(6) A railroad employee who assists passengers (especially on sleeping cars.
(7) A very dark sweet ale brewed from roasted unmalted barley.
(8) United States writer of novels and short stories (1890-1980).
(9) United States composer and lyricist of musical comedies (1891-1946).
(10) United States writer of short stories whose pen name was O. Henry (1862-1910).
(11) A railroad employee who assists passengers (especially on sleeping cars).
(12) Person who serves as attendant.
(13) Caretaker.
verb
(1) Carry luggage or supplies
Examples of porter in English
(1) A night porter
(2) Hotel guests were woken by the crash and the night porter and duty manager rushed outside to help the injured.
(3) The porter loaded their bags onto cart and began to lead them down the wharf.
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(5) The ultimate put-down comes when the college porter outsmarts George in logical debate.
(6) As an unsmiling porter arranged her sensible luggage on the platform, Nixes took the opportunity to look appraisingly around.
(7) But although Andrew, 42, did try breaking out and working as a clerk and a night porter , he found the jobs dull.
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(9) He began his railway career as a porter at Clapham in the days when Ingleton Colliery was open and thousands of tons of coal passed through the station.
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(11) A hospital porter
(12) Two of the most enjoyable social occasions of the past six months were accompanied by cups of tea in Cafe Regular in Brooklyn and pints of porter in the White Horse pub in Limerick.
(13) The spectre, who wears Victorian costume, has apparently been seen several times by the hotel's male night porter and male guests.
(14) For example, Pilsner is one of the most popular lagers, while porter and stout are examples of ales.
(15) He took all the luggage off the porter and with a polite thank you and goodbye, sent him on his way.
(16) They smiled broadly when her medicine bottle as she described the large bottle of porter , was always delivered discreetly in a brown paper bag.
(17) Bigger lads too took part in this old custom while even bigger fellows played in bars to get the extra few u251cu00f6u251cu00e7u251cu2510bobu251cu00f6u251cu00e7u251cu00fb for a few pints of porter .
(18) He was a porter on a Pullman sleeping car during the golden age of rail travel.
(19) Hill has not yet been contacted by College authorities regarding the incident, but he has already apologised to the night porter .
(20) Back at the Midland Hotel I spoke to the night porter , Patrick, a former miner.
synonyms of porter
carrier
doorman
