porter
SubstantivSubstantivVerbhäufig in Dialogen
- Vereinigtes Königreich//ˈpɔːtə//
- Vereinigte Staaten//ˈpɔɹtɚ//
- //ˈpo(ː)ɹtɚ//
- //ˈpoətə//
A person who carries luggage and related objects; (historically) one who carried luggage or did manual labour in the transloading of cargo.
Substantiv
- 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.
Achilles! a drayman, a porter, a very camel.
the unsmotherable delight of all the porters and by - standers
- 2
An ant having the specialized role of carrying.
- 3
One who ports software (makes it usable on another platform).
[…] useful only if you are a Perl porter or implementor and you want to check the efficiency of the hashing algorithm.
Herkunft
From Middle English porter, portere, portier, borrowed from Anglo-Norman portour and Old French porteor, from Late Latin portātor, from past participle of Latin portāre (“to carry”). By surface analysis, port (“to carry”) + -er.
Substantiv
- 1
A person in control of the entrance to a building.
- 2
An employee who clears and cleans tables and puts bowling balls away.
- 3
A strong, dark ale, originally favored by porters (etymology 1, sense 1), similar to a stout but less strong.
- 4
Stout (malt brew).
‘Here, Pat, give us a g.p., like a good fellow.’ The curate brought him a glass of plain porter. The man drank it at a gulp and asked for a caraway seed.
Herkunft
From Middle English porter, portere, portare, borrowed from Anglo-Norman portour and Old French portier, from Late Latin portarius (“gatekeeper”), from Latin porta (“gate”).
Verb
- 1
To serve as a porter; to carry.
Formen
- Plural
- porters
- Präteritum
- portered
- Partizip II
- portered
- Partizip I
- portering
- 3. Person Singular
- porters
porter · A person who carries luggage and related objects; (historically) one who carried luggage or did manual labour in the transloading of cargo.
Porter · A surname originating as an occupation.portfolio · A case for carrying papers, drawings, photographs, maps and…portion · An allocated amount.