doorwoman

American  

[dawr-woom-uhn] / ˈdɔrˌwʊm ən /

noun

doorwomen plural

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.

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Gender

See -woman.

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• doorwomen
  plural

Example Sentences

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doorwoman

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