porter

CEFRB2

/ˈpɔɹtɚ/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A person who carries luggage or works at an entrance.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    An ant having the specialized role of carrying.

Examples

  • Don't forget to tip the porter for carrying your luggage.

  • Please have the porter take the baggage to our room.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5

Also pronounced

  • /ˈpo(ː)ɹtɚ/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

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

  2. A person who carries luggage and related objects.

  3. A person in control of the entrance to a building.

More examples

In context

  • 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.

  • the unsmotherable delight of all the porters and by - standers

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Origin

noun

From Middle English porter, portere, portier, borrowed from Anglo-Norman portour and Old French porteor, from Late Latin portātor, from past participle of Latin portāre (“to carry”). By surface analysis, port (“to carry”) + -er.