Found 4 items, similar to Porter.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak)
Definition: port
pelabuhan
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: porter
pembawa, pengantar, penjaga pintu
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: porter
porter
v : carry luggage or supplies;
“They portered the food up Mount
Kilimanjaro for the tourists”
porter
n 1: a person employed to carry luggage and supplies
2: someone who guards an entrance [syn:
doorkeeper,
doorman,
door guard,
hall porter,
gatekeeper,
ostiary]
3: United States writer of novels and short stories (1890-1980)
[syn:
Katherine Anne Porter]
4: United States composer and lyricist of musical comedies
(1891-1946) [syn:
Cole Porter,
Cole Albert Porter]
5: United States writer of short stories whose pen name was O.
Henry (1862-1910) [syn:
William Sydney Porter,
O. Henry]
6: a railroad employee who assists passengers (especially on
sleeping cars) [syn:
Pullman porter]
7: a very dark sweet ale brewed from roasted unmalted barley
[syn:
porter's beer]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Porter
Porter
\Por"ter\, n. [F. portier, L. portarius, from porta a
gate, door. See
Port a gate.]
A man who has charge of a door or gate; a doorkeeper; one who
waits at the door to receive messages. --Shak.
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To him the porter openeth. --John x. 3.
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Porter
\Por"ter\, n. [F. porteur, fr. porter to carry, L.
portare. See
Port to carry.]
1. A carrier; one who carries or conveys burdens, luggage,
etc.; for hire.
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2. (Forging) A bar of iron or steel at the end of which a
forging is made; esp., a long, large bar, to the end of
which a heavy forging is attached, and by means of which
the forging is lifted and handled in hammering and
heating; -- called also
porter bar.
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3. A malt liquor, of a dark color and moderately bitter
taste, possessing tonic and intoxicating qualities.
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Note: Porter is said to be so called as having been first
used chiefly by the London porters, and this
application of the word is supposed to be not older
than 1750.
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