Noun porter has 7 senses
  1. porter - a person employed to carry luggage and supplies
    --1 is a kind of
    laborer, manual laborer, labourer, jack
    --1 has particulars: redcap; skycap
    Derived forms: verb porter1, verb port6
  2. doorkeeper, doorman, door guard, hall porter, porter, gatekeeper, ostiary - someone who guards an entrance
    --2 is a kind of guard
    --2 has particulars: commissionaire; night porter; ticket collector, ticket taker
  3. Porter, Katherine Anne Porter - United States writer of novels and short stories (1890-1980)
    --3 is a kind of writer, author
  4. Porter, Cole Porter, Cole Albert Porter - United States composer and lyricist of musical comedies (1891-1946)
    --4 is a kind of composer
  5. Porter, William Sydney Porter, O. Henry - United States writer of short stories whose pen name was O. Henry (1862-1910)
    --5 is a kind of writer, author
  6. porter, Pullman porter - a railroad employee who assists passengers (especially on sleeping cars)
    --6 is a kind of employee
  7. porter, porter's beer - a very dark sweet ale brewed from roasted unmalted barley
    --7 is a kind of ale
,Verb porter has 1 sense
  1. porter - carry luggage or supplies; "They portered the food up Mount Kilimanjaro for the tourists"
    --1 is one way to
    transport, carry
    Derived forms: noun porter1, noun porterage1, noun porterage2
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s
    Somebody ----s something
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