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porter

English

  1. 🔊 a very dark sweet ale brewed from roasted unmalted barley
  2. 🔊 a railroad employee who assists passengers (especially on sleeping cars)
  3. 🔊 a person employed to carry luggage and supplies
  4. 🔊 United States writer of short stories whose pen name was O. Henry (1862-1910)
  5. 🔊 United States composer and lyricist of musical comedies (1891-1946)
  6. 🔊 United States writer of novels and short stories (1890-1980)
  7. 🔊 someone who guards an entrance
  8. 🔊 carry luggage or supplies
    “They portered the food up Mount Kilimanjaro for the tourists”

Spanish

  1. 🔊 bedel porter
  2. 🔊 cargador porter
  3. 🔊 faquín porter
  4. 🔊 tameme porter, carrier

Similar words

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