gateman
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Everyone at the pit top from the gateman to the engine driver greeted him as though he were a friend and brother.
From BBC • Jun. 7, 2015
When they arrive at the studio, the gateman looks suspiciously at Gracie.
From Time Magazine Archive
ASI director general C. Babu Rajeev says monument protection is often reduced to a single gateman for several sites.
From Time Magazine Archive
Three Communist soldiers brushed aside the Embassy's gateman, tramped into the ambassador's bedroom, awakened him rudely, prowled around, then left.
From Time Magazine Archive
Olanna was sitting on Mohammed’s veranda, drinking chilled rice milk, laughing at the delicious cold trickle down her throat, at the stickiness on her lips, when the gateman appeared and asked to speak to Mohammed.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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