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portera — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • concierge noun A hotel employee who helps guests with reservations, directions, and other requests.
  • doorkeeper noun The person in charge of an entryway, sometimes responsible for security in the immediate area around the entryway.
  • gatekeeper noun A person or group that controls who or what gets access to something.
  • janitor noun A person employed to clean and maintain a building, such as a school or office.

Senses

portera is used for these senses in English:

  • concierge (British) One who attends to the maintenance of a building and provides services to its tenants and visitors.
  • doorkeeper The person in charge of an entryway, sometimes just a doorman, sometimes responsible for security in the immediate area of the entryway, similar to a bouncer.
  • doorwoman The female equivalent of a doorman.
  • gatekeeper A person who guards or monitors passage through a gate.
  • janitor A doorman.

concierge — full definition

  1. noun A hotel employee who helps guests with reservations, directions, and other requests.
  2. noun A person who looks after a residential building and helps its residents or tenants.

doorkeeper — full definition

  1. noun The person in charge of an entryway, sometimes responsible for security in the immediate area around the entryway.
  2. noun Someone with power to keep others out of some sphere or activity.

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