Meaning of porter

por•ter

1. a person hired to carry burdens or baggage, as at a railroad station or a hotel.
2. a person who does cleaning and maintenance work in a building, factory, store, etc.
3. an attendant in a railroad parlor car or sleeping car.

por•ter

1. a person who has charge of a door or gate; doorkeeper.
2. ostiary (def. 1).

por•ter

1. a heavy, dark-brown ale made with malt browned by drying at a high temperature.

Por•ter

1. 1893–1964, U.S. composer.
2. 1780–1843, U.S. naval officer.
3. his son,1813–91, Union naval officer in the Civil War.
4. (Gene Stratton Porter), 1868–1924, U.S. novelist.
5. born 1920, British chemist: Nobel prize 1967.
6. 1890–1980, U.S. writer.
7. 1811–92, U.S. educator, writer, and lexicographer.
8. 1917–85, British biochemist: Nobel prize for medicine 1972.
9. (“O. Henry”), 1862–1910, U.S. short-story writer.
10. a male given name.