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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When Lord Young started to respond Lady Bloomfield replied: "I had to send a note to you in order to wake you up by the doorkeeper."
From BBC • Mar. 15, 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
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
The zealous doorkeeper opens the big front door sparingly to keep out humidity, and only long enough to let visitors sneak quickly out.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 31, 2019
When Obsle and Yegey both left town, and Slose’s doorkeeper refused me entrance, I knew it was time to turn to my enemies, for there was no more good in my friends.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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