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HALL PORTER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does hall porter mean?
• HALL PORTER (noun)
The noun HALL PORTER has 1 sense:
1. someone who guards an entrance
Familiarity information: HALL PORTER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone who guards an entrance
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
door guard; doorkeeper; doorman; gatekeeper; hall porter; ostiary; porter
Hypernyms ("hall porter" is a kind of...):
guard (a person who keeps watch over something or someone)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hall porter"):
commissionaire (a uniformed doorman)
night porter (a porter on duty during the night)
ticket collector; ticket taker (someone who is paid to admit only those who have purchased tickets)
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