DOORMAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does doorman mean? 

• DOORMAN (noun)
  The noun DOORMAN has 1 sense:

1. someone who guards an entrance

  Familiarity information: DOORMAN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DOORMAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who guards an entrance

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

door guard; doorkeeper; doorman; gatekeeper; hall porter; ostiary; porter

Hypernyms ("doorman" is a kind of...):

guard (a person who keeps watch over something or someone)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "doorman"):

commissionaire (a uniformed doorman)

night porter (a porter on duty during the night)

ticket collector; ticket taker (someone who is paid to admit only those who have purchased tickets)