porter

UK /ˈpɔɹtɚ/ US /ˈpɔɹtɚ/
noun 7name 5verb 1

Definitions

noun

1

A person who carries luggage and related objects.

By the time I reached the train station I was exhausted, but fortunately there was a porter waiting.

Achilles! a drayman, a porter, a very camel.

2

An ant having the specialized role of carrying.

3

One who ports software (makes it usable on another platform).

[…] useful only if you are a Perl porter or implementor and you want to check the efficiency of the hashing algorithm.

noun

1

A person in control of the entrance to a building.

2

An employee who clears and cleans tables and puts bowling balls away.

3

A strong, dark ale, originally favored by porters (etymology 1, sense 1), similar to a stout but less strong.

4

Stout (malt brew).

‘Here, Pat, give us a g.p., like a good fellow.’ The curate brought him a glass of plain porter. The man drank it at a gulp and asked for a caraway seed.

verb

1

To serve as a porter; to carry.

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