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- DictionaryPor·ter/ˈpôrdər/
noun
- 1. a person employed to carry luggage and other loads, especially in a railroad station, airport, or hotel.
- 2. dark brown bitter beer brewed from malt partly charred or browned by drying at a high temperature: "the company produces a bottle-conditioned porter"
1. : a person who carries burdens. especially : one employed to carry baggage for patrons at a hotel or transportation terminal. 2. : a parlor-car or sleeping-car attendant who waits on passengers and makes up berths. 3. [short for porter's beer] : a heavy dark brown ale typically brewed from browned or charred malt. 4.
Porter definition: a person hired to carry burdens or baggage, as at a railroad station or a hotel.. See examples of PORTER used in a sentence.
PORTER meaning: 1. a person whose job is to carry things, especially travellers' bags at railway stations…. Learn more.
PORTER definition: 1. a person whose job is to carry things, especially travellers' bags at railway stations…. Learn more.
A porter is a person whose job is to carry things, for example, people's luggage at a hotel. The taxi pulled up at the hotel and a porter sprinted to the door. Our porter will carry your bags upstairs.
1. A person employed to carry burdens, especially an attendant who carries travelers' baggage at a hotel or transportation station. 2. A railroad employee who waits on passengers in a sleeping car or parlor car. 3. A maintenance worker for a building or institution.
Definition of porter noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Porter definition: A person employed to carry burdens, especially an attendant who carries travelers' baggage at a hotel or transportation station.
PORTER meaning: someone whose job is to carry other people's bags in hotels, stations, etc. Learn more.
porter /ˈpɔːtə/ n. chiefly Brit a person in charge of a gate or door; doorman or gatekeeper. a person employed by a university or college as a caretaker and doorkeeper who also answers enquiries. a person in charge of the maintenance of a building, esp a block of flats.
