Main entry: porter, porter's beer
Definition: a very dark sweet ale brewed from roasted unmalted barley
Main entry: door guard, doorkeeper, doorman, gatekeeper, porter, hall porter, ostiary
Definition: someone who guards an entrance
Main entry: porter, Pullman porter
Definition: a railroad employee who assists passengers (especially on sleeping cars)
Main entry: porter
Definition: a person employed to carry luggage and supplies
Main entry: Porter, William Sydney Porter, O. Henry
Definition: United States writer of short stories whose pen name was O. Henry (1862-1910)
Main entry: Porter, Cole Albert Porter, Cole Porter
Definition: United States composer and lyricist of musical comedies (1891-1946)
Main entry: Porter, Katherine Anne Porter
Definition: United States writer of novels and short stories (1890-1980)
Main entry: porter
Definition: carry luggage or supplies
Usage: They portered the food up Mount Kilimanjaro for the tourists