(pôr′tər, pōr′-) noun
1. One who carries things; especially, a man who carries travelers' luggage, etc., for hire, as in a hotel or at a railroad station.
2. U.S. An attendant in a Pullman car. [<OF porteour <L portator <portatus, pp. of portare carry]

(pôr′tər, pōr′-) noun
1. A keeper of a door or gate.
2. One who waits at a door to carry messages. [<AF, OF portier <LL portarius <L porta a gate, a door]

(pôr′tər, pōr′-) noun
A dark-brown, heavy, English malt liquor resembling ale. [Short for porter's beer <PORTER¹; so called because formerly drunk chiefly by porters]

(pôr′tər, pōr′-), Cole,
born 1893, U.S. composer and lyricist.
—David,
1780–1843, U.S. commodore.
—David Dixon,
1813–91, U.S. admiral; son of David Porter.
—Jane,
1776–1850, English novelist.
—Noah,
1811–1892, U.S. educator and editor.
—William Sydney
See O. HENRY.