doorkeeper

door·keep·er

 (dôr′kē′pər)

n.

One who is employed to guard an entrance or gateway.

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doorkeeper

(ˈdɔːˌkiːpə)

n

1. (Professions) a person attending or guarding a door or gateway

2. (Roman Catholic Church) RC Church (formerly) the lowest grade of holy orders

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door•keep•er

(ˈdɔrˌki pər, ˈdoʊr-)

n.

1. a person who guards the entrance of a building.

2. Brit. a janitor; hall porter.

[1525–35]

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	doorkeeper - an official stationed at the entrance of a courtroom or legislative chamber usher functionary, official - a worker who holds or is invested with an office
	2.	doorkeeper - the lowest of the minor Holy Orders in the unreformed Western Church but now suppressed by the Roman Catholic Church ostiarius, ostiary clergyman, man of the cloth, reverend - a member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian Church Holy Order, Order - (usually plural) the status or rank or office of a Christian clergyman in an ecclesiastical hierarchy; "theologians still disagree over whether `bishop' should or should not be a separate Order"
	3.	doorkeeper - someone who guards an entrance   door guard, doorman, hall porter, ostiary, porter, gatekeeper commissionaire - a uniformed doorman guard - a person who keeps watch over something or someone night porter - a porter on duty during the night ticket collector, ticket taker - someone who is paid to admit only those who have purchased tickets

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Translations

πορτιέρης

portinaio

doorkeeper

[ˈdɔːˌkiːpəʳ] N → portero/a m/f, conserje mf

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

doorkeeper

[ˈdɔː^rkiːpə^r] n [hotel] → portier m

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

doorkeeper

[ˈdɔːˌkiːpəʳ] n → portiere m

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