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doorwoman

American  
[dawr-woom-uhn] / ˈdɔrˌwʊm ən /

noun

plural

doorwomen

  1. the female door attendant of an apartment house, nightclub, etc., who acts as doorkeeper and performs minor services for entering and departing residents or guests.

Gender

See -woman.

Example Sentences

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The second is Cindy Saz, a doorwoman with an encyclopedic knowledge of who’s who below 14th Street.

From New York Times • Sep. 25, 2019

He was referring to Connie Girl, a doorwoman who was famous for being impossible to get past and impossible to book.

From The New Yorker • Aug. 29, 2016

In a matter of weeks, she was a doorwoman.

From New York Times • Apr. 22, 2010

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