Meaning

1 senses
  1. A person who holds open the door at the entryway (entrance) to a building, summons taxicabs, and provides an element of security; in apartment buildings, he also accepts deliveries and may perform certain concierge type services.

    Pförtner

    швейца́рšvejcár, портье́portʹjé, привра́тникprivrátnik

    швейца́рšvejcár, портьє́portʹjé, консьє́ржkonsʹjérž

More definitions
  • a man who guards an entrance

Examples

22 sentences
  1. Did you talk to the doorman?

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  2. Is Tom still working as a doorman?

    ruТом всё ещё работает швейцаром?

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  3. Tom got a job as a doorman.

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  4. The doorman will call us a taxi.

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  5. Aren't you the doorman?

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
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man who holds open the door at the entrance to a building:
Русский
By meaning 1
man who holds open the door at the entrance to a building:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
man who holds open the door at the entrance to a building:

Forms

plural: doormen
Singulardoorman
Pluraldoormen

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Synonyms

1 synonyms

Word family

2 related words

See also

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