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porter

/ˈpɔːtə/

/ˈpɔrtər/

porternoun

porters

/ˈpɔːtə/

/ˈpɔrtər/

Translations

носильщик

The porter helped us with our luggage at the hotel.

Носильщик помог нам с багажом в отеле.

портер

He ordered a pint of porter at the pub.

Он заказал пинту портера в пабе.

швейцар

The porter opened the door for the guests at the entrance.

Швейцар открыл дверь для гостей на входе.

Additional translations

грузчик

портье

Definitions

A person employed to carry luggage and other loads, especially in a hotel or at a railway station.

The porter helped us with our bags as we checked into the hotel.

A dark brown bitter beer brewed from malt partly charred or browned by drying at a high temperature.

He ordered a pint of porter to go with his meal.

A person stationed at a door or gate to admit or assist those entering.

The porter at the entrance checked our tickets before allowing us inside.

A person employed to clean and maintain a building; a janitor.

The night porter swept the corridors and emptied the trash cans.

Synonyms

luggage handler

porterverb

portered

Past Simple

portered

Past Participle

portering

Gerund

Used transitively and intransitively meaning ‘to carry luggage as a porter’.

Definitions

To carry luggage or other loads, typically for payment, in the manner of a porter.

During the festival he portered for tourists at the railway station.

Synonyms

man-port (rare)

porteradjective

Attributive use, chiefly before a noun, relating to porter beer or porter services (e.g., ‘porter bottles’, ‘porter staff’).

Definitions

Relating to or characteristic of porter beer or of porters and their services.

We enjoyed a hearty meal with a rich porter sauce.

porterproper noun

Definitions

A surname of English origin, originally denoting someone who worked as a porter; also occasionally used as a male given name.

The novelist Katherine Anne Porter shares her surname with the composer Cole Porter.