Porter
41porter — vt. , transporter ; être porter vêtu habillé porter de ; arborer ; supporter, soutenir ; tirer (ep. d un fusil) ; apporter, amener, emporter avec soi : PORTÂ (Aillon J., Aix.017, Albanais.001, Albertville.021, Annecy.003, Arvillard.228a, Aussois …
42porter — While this word immediately suggests a luggage porter at an airport or railway station, it can also be used as a vocative to a porter of a different kind, the doorkeeper or janitor of an institution such as a college or school. Porter in… …
43Porter — Pọr|ter 〈m. 3〉 starkes engl. Bier [engl.; zu porter „Lastenträger“ (da es früher bes. von diesen getrunken wurde)] * * * Pọr|ter, der; auch, bes. österr.: das; s, [engl. porter, wohl gek. aus: porter s beer, eigtl. = Dienstmannsbier; weil es… …
44porter — porter1 /pawr teuhr, pohr /, n. 1. a person hired to carry burdens or baggage, as at a railroad station or a hotel. 2. a person who does cleaning and maintenance work in a building, factory, store, etc. 3. an attendant in a railroad parlor car or …
45Porter — /pawr teuhr, pohr /, n. 1. Cole, 1893 1964, U.S. composer. 2. David, 1780 1843, U.S. naval officer. 3. his son, David Dixon /dik seuhn/, 1813 91, Union naval officer in the Civil War. 4. Gene (Gene Stratton Porter), 1868 1924, U.S. novelist. 5.… …
46porter — v.t. Porter des cornes, être cocu. / Porter la culotte, pour une femme, diriger le ménage. / Porter le deuil, porter plainte. / Porter le pet, alerter. / Porter sur les nerfs, agacer. / Porter à gauche, être viril …
47porter — {{11}}porter (1) person who carries, mid 13c., from Anglo Fr. portour, O.Fr. porteor, from L.L. portatorem (acc. portator) one who carries, from L. portare to carry (see PORT (Cf. port) (1)). {{12}}porter (2) doorkeeper, ja …
48Porter — This interesting surname is of Old French origin, and has two possible sources; firstly, it may be an occupational name for the gatekeeper of a town, or a doorkeeper of a large house, deriving from the Middle English porter , a development of the …
49porter — English has two distinct words porter, one for a ‘person who carries things’ [14] and the other for a ‘door attendant’ [13]. The former comes via Old French portour from medieval Latin portātor, a derivative of Latin portāre ‘carry’ (source of… …
50porter — [[t]pɔ͟ː(r)tə(r)[/t]] porters 1) N COUNT A porter is a person whose job is to be in charge of the entrance of a building such as a hotel. [BRIT] Syn: concierge (in AM, use doorman) 2) N COUNT A porter is a person whose job is to carry things, for …
