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PULLMAN PORTER

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Overview

PULLMAN PORTER (noun)
  The noun PULLMAN PORTER has 1 sense:

1. a railroad employee who assists passengers (especially on sleeping cars)play

  Familiarity information: PULLMAN PORTER used as a noun is very rare.


English dictionary: Word details


PULLMAN PORTER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A railroad employee who assists passengers (especially on sleeping cars)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

porter; Pullman porter

Hypernyms ("Pullman porter" is a kind of...):

employee (a worker who is hired to perform a job)


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