"light porter" meaning in All languages combined

See light porter on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: light porters [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} light porter (plural light porters)
  1. (obsolete, chiefly Victorian) A worker whose duties involve carrying light (i.e., not heavy) packages, as in a bank. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-light_porter-en-noun-vx0wqcKh
  2. A type of porter ale lighter in color than the typical dark porter. Categories (topical): Beer, Occupations, People
    Sense id: en-light_porter-en-noun-FKCUwvr6 Disambiguation of Beer: 30 70 Disambiguation of Occupations: 33 67 Disambiguation of People: 2 98 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 69 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 37 63 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 33 67

Inflected forms

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