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
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
To become a “sworn brother,” Bosch would have had to qualify as one of the four grades of minor orders, which were doorkeeper, reader, acolyte and exorcist.
From New York Times ● Apr. 27, 2016
The old doorkeeper leapt up from his desk and poked his head out.
From "The Marvels" by Brian Selznick
