porter

1. A person who carries luggage and related objects; (historically) one who carried luggage or did manual labour in the transloading of cargo.

   goods porter

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

   Gepäckträger

   носи́льщикnosílʹščik, гру́зчикgrúzčik

2. An ant having the specialized role of carrying.

3. One who ports software (makes it usable on another platform).

4. (countable)A person in control of the entrance to a building.

   Pförtner, Portier

   портьеportʹje

   швейца́рšvejcár, портьєportʹje

   someone who guards an entrance

5. (countable)An employee who clears and cleans tables and puts bowling balls away.

6. (countable, uncountable)A strong, dark ale, originally favored by porters (etymology 1, sense 1), similar to a stout but less strong.

7. (Ireland, countable, uncountable)Stout (malt brew).

   по́ртерpórter

1. Tom tipped the porter very generously.

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2. I had the porter carry my suitcase.

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3. Tom used to work as a porter.

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4. She had her heavy suitcase carried by the porter.

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5. I had the porter take my suitcases to my room.

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