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doorman

noun

ˈdȯr-ˌman

Definition of doorman

as in janitor

a person who tends a door we tipped the hotel doorman for getting us a cab

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Recent Examples of doorman Fraud used to be a problem, but is no longer, said Tones José, 42, who works as a doorman. — ABC News, 4 Oct. 2026 Built in 1903 as a hotel, it was converted in 2016 to a luxury residential building with unusually intact prewar character, plus the latest post-postwar amenities, including a 24-hour doorman, a private rooftop with Manhattan views, and a gym. — Bridget Read, Curbed, 1 Sep. 2026 At the time, Davis lived in the Colonial House, a legendary, though quaint, apartment building (with a doorman) in West Hollywood off of Sunset Boulevard. — Rance Collins, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Aug. 2026 Residents say a woman got into their apartment by tricking the doorman of their luxury building. — Ali Bauman, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for doorman

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Elbert said an airport janitor finally grabbed the bird with her shirt.

— Sara Tenenbaum, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026
May Rosenberg, the wife of the critic Harold Rosenberg, once visited Krasner’s studio and assumed that the man hanging around in dungarees, not saying much of anything, was an intellectually disabled janitor.

— Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2026

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An investigation identified several people involved in the plot, such as the prison porter who was apprehended, other inmates and known associates.

— DeJanay Booth-Singleton, CBS News, 8 Oct. 2026
Throughout the tour, Candamil draws on his memories growing up in the market, first watching his father and then working there in his youth as a carretillero, a cargo porter who steers upright wooden carts with produce through its narrow aisles.

— Nikkita Nair, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Oct. 2026

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