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PULLMAN PORTER
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• PULLMAN PORTER (noun)
The noun PULLMAN PORTER has 1 sense:
1. a railroad employee who assists passengers (especially on sleeping cars)
Familiarity information: PULLMAN PORTER used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
A railroad employee who assists passengers (especially on sleeping cars)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
porter; Pullman porter
Hypernyms ("Pullman porter" is a kind of...):
employee (a worker who is hired to perform a job)
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