porter

n. one who carries parcels; doorman, concierge; type of dark beer; (British) janitor

Porter can stand for:PeopleSurnameAdriana Porter (1857-1946), Canadian poet and alleged witchAlbert Gallatin Porter (1824-1897), US Congressman from IndianaAlexander Porter (1785-1844), US Senator from LouisianaAnna Porter, Canadian publisher and novelistAugustus S. Porter (1798-1872), US Senator from MichiganCharles Ethan Porter (ca. 1847-1923), African American still life painterCharles Howell Porter (1833-1897), US Congressman from VirginiaCharles O. Porter (1919-2006), US Congressman from OregonChris Porter (born 1983), English footballer, currently playing with Motherwell FCCole Porter (1891-1964), American composerDana Porter (1901-1967), Canadian politician and juristDarrell Porter (1952-2002), American baseball playerDavid Porter (1780-1843), American diplomat and sailorDavid Rittenhouse Porter (1788-1867), Governor of PennsylvaniaEdwin S. Porter (1870-1941), American filmmakerEleanor H. Porter (1868-1920), author of children's literatureEliot Porter (1901-1990), American photographerEndymion Porter (1587-1649), English royalistFairfield Porter (1907-1975), an American painter and art criticFitz John Porter (1822-1901), Union general in the American Civil WarGeorge Bryan Porter (1791-1834), Governor of Michican TerritoryGilchrist Porter (1817-1894), US Congressman from MissouriGraeme Porter (born 1955), Australian cricketerHenry Kirke Porter, American industrialist and Congressman from PennsylvaniaHorace Porter (1837-1921), Union general in the American Civil War and president of the Pullman Palace Car CompanyHugh Porter (born 1940), British cyclist and sports commentatorJames Porter (1787-1839), US Congressman from New YorkJames Porter (Australian politician), former member of the Australian House of RepresentativesJames Porter (7th Cavalry) (1846-1876), American soldier in the Battle of the Little BighornJames D. Porter, Jr. (1828-1912), Governor of TennesseeJames E. Porter (1857-1946), Mayor of Kansas City, KansasJames Madison Porter (1793-1862), US Secretary of War and founder of Lafayette CollegeJerry Porter (born 1978), American football playerJoel Porter (born 1978), Australian footballerJoey Porter (born 1977), American football playerJohn Porter, US Congressman from PennsylvaniaJohn Porter (1921-1979), Canadian sociologistJohn Addison Porter, American Professor of ChemistryJohn Clinton Porter (ca. 1871-1959), Mayor of Los Angeles, CaliforniaJohn Edward Porter (born 1935), US Congressman from IllinoisJon Porter (born 1955), US Congressman from NevadaJosh Porter (born 1990), NKEC Titan all star.Kalan Porter (born 1985), Canadian singerKatherine Anne Porter (1890-1980), American writerKeith R. Porter (1912-1997), American cell biologistLewis Porter Author, Music Professor at The New Jersey State UniversityLewis J Porter (Pro-Skateboarder):(Born 1988-Present, Portsmouth UK)Michael Porter (born 1947), American strategic management academic and co-founder of the Monitor GroupNelson D. Porter (1863-1961), Mayor of Ottawa, CanadaNoah Porter (1811-1892), American educator and philosopherPeter Porter (born 1929), Australian-born British poetPeter A. Porter (1853-1925), US Congressman from New YorkPeter Buell Porter (1773-1844), US Secretary of War and Congressman from New YorkQuincy Porter (1897-1966), American composerQuinton Porter (born 1982), American football playerRodney Robert Porter (1917-1985), Nobel prize-winning British biochemistRoy Porter (1946-2002), historian of medicineRufus Porter (1792-1884), American painter, inventor, and founder of Scientific American magazineRussell W. Porter (1871-1949), American co-founder of the Amateur Telescope Makers movementSteve Porter, British footballerSteven G. Porter (1869-1930), US Congressman from PennsylvaniaSylvia Field Porter (1913-1991), American financial columnistTimothy H. Porter (died 1840), US Congressman from New YorkTimothy P. Porter Jr. (1993-present), famous hockey starTony Porter (born 1952), British Bishop of SherwoodSir William Porter, sergeant-at-arms to King Henry VII of EnglandWilliam A. Porter, American founder of E*TRADE financial services companyWilliam James Porter (1914-1988), American diplomatWilliam Sydney Porter (1862-1910), writer (pen name: O. Henry)
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Noun
1. United States writer of novels and short stories (1890-1980)
(synonym) Katherine Anne Porter
(hypernym) writer, author
2. United States composer and lyricist of musical comedies (1891-1946)
(synonym) Cole Porter, Cole Albert Porter
(hypernym) composer
3. United States writer of short stories whose pen name was O. Henry (1862-1910)
(synonym) William Sydney Porter, O. Henry
(hypernym) writer, author

Noun
1. a person employed to carry luggage and supplies
(hypernym) laborer, manual laborer, labourer, jack
(hyponym) redcap
2. someone who guards an entrance
(synonym) doorkeeper, doorman, door guard, hall porter, gatekeeper, ostiary
(hypernym) guard
(hyponym) commissionaire
3. a railroad employee who assists passengers (especially on sleeping cars)
(synonym) Pullman porter
(hypernym) employee
4. a very dark sweet ale brewed from roasted unmalted barley
(synonym) porter's beer
(hypernym) ale
Verb
1. carry luggage or supplies; "They portered the food up Mount Kilimanjaro for the tourists"
(hypernym) transport, carry

n. Porter, family name; William Sydney Porter (1862-1910), American writer of short stories, author of "Cabbages and Kings"

v. carry, bear, wear; have on, take; direct, hit; strike

n. porter, type of dark beer