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porter

[pawr-ter, pohr-] / ˈpɔr tər, ˈpoʊr- /


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It shows an elderly porter carrying the burden of Jerusalem and the golden Dome of the Rock on his back.

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026

The commute to his Manhattan porter job is convenient, too.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026

Scrawled in chalk in the list of draft beers was the Edmund Fitzgerald porter, a longtime brew from the Great Lakes Brewing Co.

From Slate ● Nov. 10, 2025

The unchanged names in the series, which premieres Thursday on Netflix, belong to the four children of Benjamin Lee Guinness, whose grandfather created the signature porter in 1778.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2025

One day it was my porter known as Itchy, for all the time he spent scratching his scalp.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover




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