doorkeeper

doorkeeper

See also: door-keeper

English

Etymology

door +‎ keeper

Noun

doorkeeper (plural doorkeepers)

1. The person in charge of an entryway, sometimes just a doorman, sometimes something more.
   • 1920, Willa Cather, Youth and the Bright Medusa.

     The manager at Carnegie Hall was told to get another usher in his stead; the doorkeeper at the theatre was warned not to admit him to the house; and Charley Edwards remorsefully promised the boy's father not to see him again.

Translations

person in charge of an entryway

Armenian: դռնապան (hy) (dṙnapan), շվեյցար (hy) (šveycʿar), բարապան (hy) (barapan) Aromanian: purtar m Bulgarian: врата́р (bg) m (vratár), портие́р (bg) m (portiér) Chinese: Mandarin: 把門人, 把门人 (bǎménrén) Czech: portýr (cs) m, dveřník (cs) Finnish: vahtimestari (fi), ovenvartija French: concierge (fr) m German: Portier (de) m, Concierge (de) m or f

Greek: Ancient Greek: θυρωρός m (thurōrós) Ido: pordisto (io) Japanese: 玄関番 (げんかんばん, genkanban), 守衛 (ja) (しゅえい, shuei), 門番 (ja) (monban) Macedonian: вра́тар m (vrátar), по́ртир m (pórtir) Portuguese: porteiro (pt) m Romanian: portar (ro) m Russian: швейца́р (ru) m (švejcár), портье́ (ru) m (portʹjé), привра́тник (ru) m (privrátnik), консье́рж (ru) m (konsʹjérž), консье́ржка (ru) f (konsʹjéržka) Telugu: ద్వారపాలకుడు (te) (dvārapālakuḍu)