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Definition of Doorman
1. Noun. Someone who guards an entrance.
Specialized synonyms: Commissionaire, Night Porter, Ticket Collector, Ticket Taker
Generic synonyms: Guard
Definition of Doorman
1. Noun. A man who holds open the door at the entrance to a building, summons taxicabs, and provides an element of security; in apartment buildings, he also accepts deliveries and may perform certain concierge type services. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Doorman
1. the door attendant of a building [n DOORMEN]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Doorman
Literary usage of Doorman
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the English Courts of Common Law by Great Britain Bail Court (1855)
"It was tried before GIBBS, CJ, at Guildhall, at the sittings after Trinity term,
1816, when it appeared, principally by admissions, that doorman agreed to ..."
2. The Revised Reports by Robert Campbell, Frederick Pollock, Oliver Augustus Saunders, Arthur Beresford Cane, Joseph Gerald Pease, William Bowstead, Great Britain Courts (1904)
"Upon the whole I am of doorman, opinion with the Court below, and shall move your
Lordships to give judgment for the defendant in error. ..."
3. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of King's Bench: In by Sandford Nevile, Great Britain Court of King's Bench, William Montagu Manning (1835)
"Hall, Mann. Dig. 2nd edit. 376. (6) 2 Lord Raym. 909. (c) 1 H. Bla. 153. (tl)
Jones on Bailments, 119. 1834. doorman v. JENKINS. ..."
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