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Porter may refer to:

People

• Porter (name), an English surname or given name

Occupations

• Porter (carrier), person who carries objects
• Porter (college), member of staff in many of the colleges of the Universities of Cambridge, Oxford, and Durham
• Porter (doorkeeper), one of the minor orders of the Roman Catholic ministry; doorkeeper or gatekeeper
• Porter (railroad), railroad employee who assists passengers
• Deal porter, dockworker specializing in handling baulks of softwood
• Doorman (profession)
• Groom Porter, official in charge of gambling in the Tudor court; the owner or operator of a gaming hall
• Kitchen Porter, a junior assistant position in the Brigade de cuisine of a commercial kitchen

Places

Canada

• Porters Lake, Nova Scotia

United Kingdom

• Porter Brook, river in Sheffield, England

United States

• Malone-Porter, Washington
• Porter, California
• Porter, Indiana
• Porter, Maine
• Porter, Minnesota
• Porter, New York
• Porter, Oklahoma
• Porter, Texas
• Porter, West Virginia
• Porter, Wisconsin
• Porter County, Indiana
• Porter Heights, Texas
• Porter Square, in Cambridge, Massachusetts
• Porter Township, Michigan (three places)
• Porter Township, Pennsylvania (seven places)

Space

• Porter (lunar crater)
• Porter (Martian crater)

Other uses

• Porter Assay, a method to measure proanthocyanidin (OPC) content of a sample
• Porter (band), Mexican indie band
• Porter (beer), type of beer
• Porter Airlines, Canadian regional airline
• Porter Chemical Company, a defunct U.S. toy manufacturer of chemistry sets
• Porter College, residential college at the University of California, Santa Cruz
• Porter five forces analysis, framework for industry analysis and business strategy development
• Porter generic strategies
• Porter Motor Company, defunct U.S. car manufacturer
• Porter's Regiment, American Revolutionary War soldiers under a Colonel Porter
• H. K. Porter, Inc, a locomotive manufacturer
• Hyundai Porter, a pickup truck
• Miss Porter's School, in Farmington, Connecticut
• Piaggio Porter, electric van
• Pilatus PC-6 Porter, Swiss aircraft

See also

• Portage

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From Wikitravel

There is more than one place called Porter:

United States of America

• Porter (Indiana) - A town in Indiana.
• Porter (New York) - A town in New York (state).

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From LoveToKnow 1911

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• Porter (Novelist)
• Porter (Painter)

Definition from Wiktionary, a free dictionary

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔː(r)tə(r)

Noun

porter (plural porters)

1. A person who carries luggage and related objects.

   By the time I reached the train station I was exhausted, but fortunately there was a porter waiting.

2. A person in control of the entrance to a building
3. In the bowling industry, an employee who clears and cleans tables and puts bowling balls away.
4. A strong, dark ale, originally favored by porters, similar to a stout but less strong.
5. (Ireland) Another name for the malt brew stout.

Translations

See also

• ale
• beer
• stout

Verb

to porter (third-person singular simple present porters, present participle portering, simple past and past participle portered)

1. To serve as a porter, to carry.

Anagrams

• Anagrams of eoprrt
• perrot, Perrot
• proter
• report

French

Etymology

From Latin portare.

Pronunciation

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Verb

porter

1. to carry
2. to wear

Related terms

• porteur

Conjugation

Derived terms

• porter plainte

Anagrams

• Anagrams of eoprrt
• Perrot

From Wikispecies

U.S. Botanist (1822-1901)

External links

• Biography

From BibleWiki

a gate-keeper (2 Sam. 18:26; 2 Kings 7:10; 1 Chr. 9:21; 2 Chr. 8:14). Of the Levites, 4,000 were appointed as porters by David (1 Chr. 23:5), who were arranged according to their families (26:1-19) to take charge of the doors and gates of the temple. They were sometimes employed as musicians (1 Chr. 15:18).

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