porter

/pˈɔɹtɚ/ · 2 syllables

Meaning

noun

1. a person employed to carry luggage and supplies
2. someone who guards an entrance
3. United States writer of novels and short stories (1890-1980)
4. United States composer and lyricist of musical comedies (1891-1946)
5. United States writer of short stories whose pen name was O. Henry (1862-1910)
6. a railroad employee who assists passengers (especially on sleeping cars)
7. a very dark sweet ale brewed from roasted unmalted barley

verb

1. carry luggage or supplies
   “They portered the food up Mount Kilimanjaro for the tourists”

Synonyms for porter

• doorkeeper
• doorman
• door guard
• hall porter
• gatekeeper
• ostiary
• Katherine Anne Porter
• Cole Porter
• Cole Albert Porter
• William Sydney Porter
• O. Henry
• Pullman porter
• porter's beer

Words that rhyme with porter

• quarter
• supporter
• mortar
• snorter
• transporter
• sorter
• exporter
• headquarter
• hindquarter
• importer
• reporter
• airporter
• corter
• courter
• fourthquarter
• gorter
• horter
• mcwhorter
• morter
• shorter
• sortor
• thirdquarter