doorkeeper
Americannoun
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a person who guards the entrance of a building.
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British. a janitor; hall porter.
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Roman Catholic Church. ostiary.
noun
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a person attending or guarding a door or gateway
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RC Church (formerly) the lowest grade of holy orders
Etymology
Origin of doorkeeper
Example Sentences
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However, the report said a Parliamentary doorkeeper had witnessed the incident.
From BBC • Apr. 7, 2022
The Senate post is officially called the sergeant-at-arms and doorkeeper, harking back to its 18th-century duties of keeping members inside the Capitol to conduct the business of government.
From Washington Post • Jan. 18, 2021
A doorkeeper came over and said something to him.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 28, 2020
I dropped in on a rainy day, feeling suitably furtive, and, having survived the close scrutiny of the doorkeeper, felt duty bound to partake of Dorothy Parker, a gin from Williamsburg.
From The New Yorker • Dec. 2, 2019
He realized quickly the strange doorkeeper resembled certain of the Fair Folk he had once seen in Eiddileg’s kingdom; only this individual seemed in a woeful state of disrepair.
From "The Black Cauldron" by Lloyd Alexander
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