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Webster 1913 Edition
Doorkeeper
Door′keepˊer
,Noun.
One who guards the entrance of a house or apartment; a porter; a janitor.
Definition 2024
doorkeeper
doorkeeper
See also: door-keeper
English
Noun
doorkeeper (plural doorkeepers)
- The person in charge of an entryway, sometimes just a doorman, sometimes something more.
- 1920, Willa Cather, Youth and the Bright Medusa.
- The manager at Carnegie Hall was told to get another usher in his stead; the doorkeeper at the theatre was warned not to admit him to the house; and Charley Edwards remorsefully promised the boy's father not to see him again.
- 1920, Willa Cather, Youth and the Bright Medusa.
Translations
person in charge of an entryway
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