PORTER
NOUNS, PERSON
1000 ► BERMAN a bearer, a carrier, a porter → obs.
1225 ► WARDEN a gatekeeper, a porter, a sentinel
1382 ► BEARER one who carries or conveys; a carrier, a porter
1630 ► JANITOR a doorkeeper, a porter
1681 ► KEEP-DOOR a porter; a door-ward → obs.
1781 ► PAGE a boy or young man, usually in uniform, employed by a hotel, club, or other large establishment as a doorman, waiter, porter, etc.
1841 ► BAGGAGE-BOUNCER one who handles baggage as an occupation; a porter → Amer. sl.
1841 ► BAGGAGE-SMASHER a man who transfers baggage to and from railroad cars, steamboats, etc.; so called from the reckless manner in which these persons handle the property of travellers; a railway or hotel porter → US sl.
1859 ► PAGEBOY a boy, usually in livery, employed as part of a private household or (now more usually) in a hotel, club, or similar establishment as a messenger, porter, etc.
1864 ► BACKER a porter, carrier, unloader
1871 ► PACKER a person who carries or conveys supplies in a pack on his or her back; a porter → Amer.
1891 ► BEARDED CAD a porter employed by Winchester College to convey luggage from the railway station to the school → sl. (Bk.)
1904 ► BADGEMAN an authorized or licensed porter
1922 ► GEORGE a generic name for an otherwise nameless Black Pullman porter → Can. & US sl.
1975 ► MONKEY PUNK a bellhop or porter in uniform → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1975 ► PACK RAT a hotel bellboy; a porter; a bellhop → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
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