Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A man employed to attend the entrance of a hotel, apartment house, or other building.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An officer or attendant stationed at a door to guard it, maintain order, etc.; a doorkeeper.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun someone who guards the entrance to a building.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A man who holds open the door at the
entrance to abuilding , summons taxicabs, and provides an element of security; in apartment buildings, he also accepts deliveries and may perform certainconcierge type services.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun someone who guards an entrance
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Examples
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A mouse in the apartment -- you call the doorman to set a trap.
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I called the doorman from my cell phone, taking care to press star-six-seven.
As Husbands Go Susan Isaacs 2010
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I called the doorman from my cell phone, taking care to press star-six-seven.
As Husbands Go Susan Isaacs 2010
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A mouse in the apartment -- you call the doorman to set a trap.
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Then prosecutors plan to call the doorman and elevator operator from the Upper East-side apartment building where Linda Stein was murdered.
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Now that we were officially twenty-one, that initial thrill of flashing fake IDs and getting past the doorman was a thing of the past.
You’ll Never Blue Ball in This Town Again Heather McDonald 2010
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The doorman was an attractive, middle-aged Greek whose graying temples made him look distinguished.
Déjà Vu Suzetta Perkins 2009
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The doorman was an attractive, middle-aged Greek whose graying temples made him look distinguished.
Déjà Vu Suzetta Perkins 2009
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The doorman was an attractive, middle-aged Greek whose graying temples made him look distinguished.
Déjà Vu Suzetta Perkins 2009
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The doorman was another of the yellow-eyed breed, as large and as silent as the others.
Lord of the Isles 1997
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