doorman
A person who holds open the door at the entryway to a building, summons taxicabs, and…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.
» Did you talk to the doorman?
Meaning
1 sensesA 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
- a man who guards an entrance
Examples
22 sentencesDid you talk to the doorman?
Is Tom still working as a doorman?
ruТом всё ещё работает швейцаром?
Tom got a job as a doorman.
The doorman will call us a taxi.
Aren't you the doorman?
Translations
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Forms
plural: doormenSynonyms
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2 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular