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doorkeeper
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun doorkeeper has 3 senses
- doorkeeper(n = noun.person) usher - an official stationed at the entrance of a courtroom or legislative chamber; Array is a kind of functionary, official
- doorkeeper(n = noun.person) ostiarius, ostiary - the lowest of the minor Holy Orders in the unreformed Western Church but now suppressed by the Roman Catholic Church; Array is a kind of clergyman, man of the cloth, reverend, holy order, order
- doorkeeper(n = noun.person) door guard, doorman, gatekeeper, hall porter, ostiary, porter - someone who guards an entrance; Array has particulars: commissionaire, night porter, ticket collector, ticket taker
is a kind of guard
THESAURUS
doorkeeper
acolyte, acolytus, cerberus, concierge, deacon, diaconus, doorman, exorcist, exorcista, gatekeeper, holy orders, janitor, lector, major orders, minor orders, ostiarius, ostiary, porter, presbyter, priest, reader, receptionist, subdeacon, subdiaconus, usher, wardenROGET THESAURUS
doorkeeper
Stopper
N stopper, stopple, plug, cork, bung, spike, spill, stopcock, tap, rammer, ram, ramrod, piston, stop-gap, wadding, stuffing, padding, stopping, dossil, pledget, tompion, tourniquet, cover, valve, vent peg, spigot, slide valve, janitor, doorkeeper, porter, warder, beadle, cerberus, ostiary.
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