- (a) door porter
- a door porter/door-keeper/a hall porter швейцар
Большой англо-русский учебный словарь сочетаемости. Кауль М.Р., Хидекель С.С. 2010.
Большой англо-русский учебный словарь сочетаемости. Кауль М.Р., Хидекель С.С. 2010.
Porter (Doorkeeper) — Porter, doorkeeper † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Porter (Also called DOORKEEPER. From ostiarius, Lat. ostium, a door.) Porter denoted among the Romans the slave whose duty it was to guard the entrance of the house. In the Roman period … Catholic encyclopedia
Door to Door (film) — Door to Door was a 2002 TV movie about Bill Porter (played by William H. Macy), a door to door salesman with cerebral palsy. The film was produced for the TNT cable network and was nominated for twelve Emmy Awards, winning six. Other actors in… … Wikipedia
Porter — Por ter, n. [F. portier, L. portarius, from porta a gate, door. See {Port} a gate.] A man who has charge of a door or gate; a doorkeeper; one who waits at the door to receive messages. Shak. [1913 Webster] To him the porter openeth. John x. 3.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Porter Hardware — Porter Hardware, the oldest continually operating hardware store in the state of Alabama, was opened in 1889 by Edwin Russell Porter and Joel Murphree in the city of Dothan and is still operated today by Mr. Porter s descendants. The interior and … Wikipedia
Door to Door — may refer to: Door to door, a sales technique Door to Door, an album by The Cars Door to Door, a television film about salesman Bill Porter, played by William H. Macy Door to Door (Invader Zim), an episode of Invader Zim Door to Door, a 1985… … Wikipedia
porter — Ⅰ. porter [1] ► NOUN 1) a person employed to carry luggage and other loads. 2) a hospital employee who moves equipment or patients. 3) dark brown bitter beer brewed from charred or browned malt. [ORIGIN: so called because it was originally made… … English terms dictionary
porter — English has two distinct words porter, one for a ‘person who carries things’ [14] and the other for a ‘door attendant’ [13]. The former comes via Old French portour from medieval Latin portātor, a derivative of Latin portāre ‘carry’ (source of… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
porter — English has two distinct words porter, one for a ‘person who carries things’ [14] and the other for a ‘door attendant’ [13]. The former comes via Old French portour from medieval Latin portātor, a derivative of Latin portāre ‘carry’ (source of… … Word origins
Porter's chair — A porter s chair was a type of chair used in medieval England and later France. Usually formed in a high grade leather or red velvet, it was placed by the front door of an estate or home for use by a gatekeeper servant who was in charge of… … Wikipedia
porter — While this word immediately suggests a luggage porter at an airport or railway station, it can also be used as a vocative to a porter of a different kind, the doorkeeper or janitor of an institution such as a college or school. Porter in… … A dictionary of epithets and terms of address
porter — porter1 /pawr teuhr, pohr /, n. 1. a person hired to carry burdens or baggage, as at a railroad station or a hotel. 2. a person who does cleaning and maintenance work in a building, factory, store, etc. 3. an attendant in a railroad parlor car or … Universalium