"doorman" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-doorman.wav Forms: doormen [plural]
Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)mən Etymology: From door + -man. Etymology templates: {{suf|en|door|man}} door + -man Head templates: {{en-noun|doormen}} doorman (plural doormen)
  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. Categories (topical): Occupations, People Synonyms: doorkeeper Derived forms: nondoorman, doormanship Coordinate_terms: bouncer, doormaid, doorwoman, hall porter Translations (man who holds open the door at the entrance to a building): بَوَّاب (bawwāb) [masculine] (Arabic), حَاجِب (ḥājib) [masculine] (Arabic), դռնապան (dṙnapan) (Armenian), շվեյցար (šveycʻar) (Armenian), բարապան (barapan) (Armenian), atezain (Basque), адзве́рнік (adzvjérnik) [masculine] (Belarusian), прыдзве́рнік (prydzvjérnik) [masculine] (Belarusian), парцье́ (parcʹjé) [masculine] (Belarusian), швейца́р (švjejcár) [masculine] (Belarusian), кансье́рж (kansʹjérž) [masculine] (Belarusian), портие́р (portiér) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 看門人 /看门人 (kānménrén) (Chinese Mandarin), 門房 /门房 (ménfáng) (Chinese Mandarin), qapıcı (Crimean Tatar), dveřník [masculine] (Czech), portýr [masculine] (Czech), dørmand [common-gender] (Danish), ovimies (Finnish), eteisvahtimestari (Finnish), portier [masculine] (French), porteiro [masculine] (Galician), შვეიცარი (šveicari) (Georgian), Pförtner [masculine] (German), πορτιέρης (portiéris) [masculine] (Greek), θυρωρός (thyrorós) [masculine] (Greek), שׁוֹעֵר (sho'ér) [masculine] (Hebrew), ajtónálló (Hungarian), portás (Hungarian), osztiárius (Hungarian), pordisto (Ido), doirseoir [masculine] (Irish), buttafuori [masculine] (Italian), ドアマン (doaman) (Japanese), 玄関番 (genkanban) (alt: げんかんばん) (Japanese), 도어맨 (do'eomaen) (Korean), 문지기 (munjigi) (Korean), ostiārius [masculine] (Latin), портир (portir) [masculine] (Macedonian), вратар (vratar) [masculine] (Macedonian), پردهجی (perdeci) (Ottoman Turkish), دربان (darbân) (Persian), portier [masculine] (Polish), odźwierny [masculine] (Polish), porteiro [masculine] (Portuguese), portar [masculine] (Romanian), швейца́р (švejcár) [masculine] (Russian), портье́ (portʹjé) [masculine] (Russian), привра́тник (privrátnik) [masculine] (Russian), вра̀та̄р [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), по̀ртӣр [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), vràtār [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), pòrtīr [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), vrátnik [masculine] (Slovak), vratar [masculine] (Slovene), portero [masculine] (Spanish), bawabu (Swahili), kapıcı (Turkish), швейца́р (švejcár) [masculine] (Ukrainian), портьє́ (portʹjé) [masculine] (Ukrainian), консьє́рж (konsʹjérž) [masculine] (Ukrainian), консьє́ржка (konsʹjéržka) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
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          "sense": "man who holds open the door at the entrance to a building",
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          "word": "حَاجِب"
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          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "dṙnapan",
          "sense": "man who holds open the door at the entrance to a building",
          "word": "դռնապան"
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          "roman": "šveycʻar",
          "sense": "man who holds open the door at the entrance to a building",
          "word": "շվեյցար"
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          "sense": "man who holds open the door at the entrance to a building",
          "word": "բարապան"
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          "lang": "Basque",
          "sense": "man who holds open the door at the entrance to a building",
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          "sense": "man who holds open the door at the entrance to a building",
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          "roman": "parcʹjé",
          "sense": "man who holds open the door at the entrance to a building",
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          "word": "парцье́"
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          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "švjejcár",
          "sense": "man who holds open the door at the entrance to a building",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "швейца́р"
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          "roman": "kansʹjérž",
          "sense": "man who holds open the door at the entrance to a building",
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          "word": "кансье́рж"
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          "roman": "portiér",
          "sense": "man who holds open the door at the entrance to a building",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "портие́р"
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "kānménrén",
          "sense": "man who holds open the door at the entrance to a building",
          "word": "看門人 /看门人"
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          "roman": "ménfáng",
          "sense": "man who holds open the door at the entrance to a building",
          "word": "門房 /门房"
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          "lang": "Crimean Tatar",
          "sense": "man who holds open the door at the entrance to a building",
          "word": "qapıcı"
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          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "man who holds open the door at the entrance to a building",
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          "word": "dveřník"
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          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "man who holds open the door at the entrance to a building",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "portýr"
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          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "man who holds open the door at the entrance to a building",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "dørmand"
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          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "man who holds open the door at the entrance to a building",
          "word": "ovimies"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "man who holds open the door at the entrance to a building",
          "word": "eteisvahtimestari"
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "man who holds open the door at the entrance to a building",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "portier"
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          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "man who holds open the door at the entrance to a building",
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          "word": "porteiro"
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        {
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "šveicari",
          "sense": "man who holds open the door at the entrance to a building",
          "word": "შვეიცარი"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "man who holds open the door at the entrance to a building",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "Pförtner"
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        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "portiéris",
          "sense": "man who holds open the door at the entrance to a building",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "πορτιέρης"
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          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "thyrorós",
          "sense": "man who holds open the door at the entrance to a building",
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          "word": "θυρωρός"
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          "sense": "man who holds open the door at the entrance to a building",
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          "word": "osztiárius"
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          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "man who holds open the door at the entrance to a building",
          "word": "pordisto"
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          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "man who holds open the door at the entrance to a building",
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            "masculine"
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          "word": "doirseoir"
        },
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "man who holds open the door at the entrance to a building",
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            "masculine"
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          "word": "buttafuori"
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          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "doaman",
          "sense": "man who holds open the door at the entrance to a building",
          "word": "ドアマン"
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          "sense": "man who holds open the door at the entrance to a building",
          "word": "玄関番"
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          "sense": "man who holds open the door at the entrance to a building",
          "word": "도어맨"
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          "roman": "munjigi",
          "sense": "man who holds open the door at the entrance to a building",
          "word": "문지기"
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          "word": "ostiārius"
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          "roman": "portir",
          "sense": "man who holds open the door at the entrance to a building",
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          "word": "портир"
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          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "vratar",
          "sense": "man who holds open the door at the entrance to a building",
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            "masculine"
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          "word": "вратар"
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          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "roman": "perdeci",
          "sense": "man who holds open the door at the entrance to a building",
          "word": "پردهجی"
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          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "darbân",
          "sense": "man who holds open the door at the entrance to a building",
          "word": "دربان"
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "man who holds open the door at the entrance to a building",
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          "word": "portier"
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "man who holds open the door at the entrance to a building",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "odźwierny"
        },
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "man who holds open the door at the entrance to a building",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "porteiro"
        },
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          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "man who holds open the door at the entrance to a building",
          "tags": [
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      ],
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "dveřník"
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "portýr"
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      "code": "da",
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      "code": "fi",
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      "code": "gl",
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      "word": "porteiro"
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      "code": "ka",
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      "sense": "man who holds open the door at the entrance to a building",
      "word": "შვეიცარი"
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      "code": "de",
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      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "Pförtner"
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      "code": "el",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "πορτιέρης"
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      "code": "el",
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      "code": "he",
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      "word": "שׁוֹעֵר"
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "man who holds open the door at the entrance to a building",
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      "code": "io",
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      "word": "pordisto"
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      "code": "ga",
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      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "doirseoir"
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      "code": "it",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "buttafuori"
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      "code": "ja",
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      "word": "ドアマン"
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      "alt": "げんかんばん",
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      "word": "玄関番"
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      "word": "도어맨"
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      "code": "ko",
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      "roman": "munjigi",
      "sense": "man who holds open the door at the entrance to a building",
      "word": "문지기"
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      "code": "la",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "ostiārius"
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      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
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      "sense": "man who holds open the door at the entrance to a building",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "портир"
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      "code": "mk",
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      "sense": "man who holds open the door at the entrance to a building",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "вратар"
    },
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      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "perdeci",
      "sense": "man who holds open the door at the entrance to a building",
      "word": "پردهجی"
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      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "darbân",
      "sense": "man who holds open the door at the entrance to a building",
      "word": "دربان"
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      "code": "pl",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "portier"
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      "code": "pl",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "odźwierny"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "porteiro"
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      "code": "ro",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "portar"
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      "word": "швейца́р"
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      "word": "портье́"
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    }
  ],
  "word": "doorman"
}

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