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porter

  • noun
  • /ˈpɔɹtɚ/

A person who carries luggage and related objects.

Example

“By the time I reached the train station I was exhausted, but fortunately there was a porter waiting.”

Other meanings

  1. An ant having the specialized role of carrying.

  2. One who ports software makes it usable on another platform.

Word history

From Latin "portō".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “porter” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.