porter
IPA: pˈɔrtɝ
noun
- A person who carries luggage and related objects.
- (entomology) An ant having the specialized role of carrying.
- (computing) One who ports software (makes it usable on another platform).
- (countable) A person in control of the entrance to a building.
- (countable, bowling) An employee who clears and cleans tables and puts bowling balls away.
- (countable, uncountable, beer) A strong, dark ale, originally favored by porters (etymology 1, sense 1), similar to a stout but less strong.
- (beer, Ireland) Stout (malt brew).
- A surname originating as an occupation.
- A unisex given name
- A placename in the United States:
- A town in Westchester Township, Porter County, Indiana.
- A town and village in Oxford County, Maine.
- A minor city in Yellow Medicine County and Lincoln County, Minnesota.
- An unincorporated community in Scott County, Missouri.
- A town in Niagara County, New York, named after Augustus Porter.
- An unincorporated community in Gallia County, Ohio.
- A town in Wagoner County, Oklahoma.
- An unincorporated community in Montgomery County, Texas.
- An unincorporated community in Clay County, West Virginia.
- A town in Rock County, Wisconsin.
- A number of townships in the United States, listed under Porter Township.
- Ellipsis of Porter County. [One of 92 counties in Indiana, United States. County seat: Valparaiso.]
- Ellipsis of Porter Crater.
verb
- To serve as a porter; to carry.
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Examples of "porter" in Sentences
- Three porters lost their ways.
- He is too dependent on porters.
- The porter was exhausted at the end.
- Porter was the coach of the Athens team.
- Porter cuts the rope to release the net.
- The porters were sent down the mountain.
- Porter left the courthouse with the child.
- Porter took the money and left the country.
- The divisions of the porters are documented.
- The hypothesis was formulated by the economist Michael Porter.