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portero : porter (n.)
[ Etymology: Spanish: portero: porter ]

Derivatives of portero


Glosses:
porter
n. (person)1. portera person employed to carry luggage and supplies.
~ laborer, labourer, manual laborer, jacksomeone who works with their hands; someone engaged in manual labor.
~ redcapa porter who helps passengers with their baggage at a railroad station.
~ skycapa porter who helps passengers with their baggage at an airport.
n. (person)2. door guard, doorkeeper, doorman, gatekeeper, hall porter, ostiary, portersomeone who guards an entrance.
~ commissionairea uniformed doorman.
~ guarda person who keeps watch over something or someone.
~ night portera porter on duty during the night.
~ ticket collector, ticket takersomeone who is paid to admit only those who have purchased tickets.
n. (person)3. katherine anne porter, porterUnited States writer of novels and short stories (1890-1980).
~ author, writerwrites (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay).
n. (person)4. cole albert porter, cole porter, porterUnited States composer and lyricist of musical comedies (1891-1946).
~ composersomeone who composes music as a profession.
n. (person)5. o. henry, porter, william sydney porterUnited States writer of short stories whose pen name was O. Henry (1862-1910).
~ author, writerwrites (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay).
n. (person)6. porter, pullman portera railroad employee who assists passengers (especially on sleeping cars).
~ employeea worker who is hired to perform a job.
n. (food)7. porter, porter's beera very dark sweet ale brewed from roasted unmalted barley.
~ alea general name for beer made with a top fermenting yeast; in some of the United States an ale is (by law) a brew of more than 4% alcohol by volume.
v. (contact)8. portercarry luggage or supplies.; "They portered the food up Mount Kilimanjaro for the tourists"
~ carry, transportmove while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body.; "You must carry your camping gear"; "carry the suitcases to the car"; "This train is carrying nuclear waste"; "These pipes carry waste water into the river"