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door·man

(dôr′măn′, -mən)

A man employed to attend the entrance of a hotel, apartment house, or other building.

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doorman

(ˈdɔːˌmæn; -mən)

n, pl -men

(Professions) a man employed to attend the doors of certain buildings

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

door•man

(ˈdɔrˌmæn, -mən, ˈdoʊr-)

n., pl. -men (-ˌmɛn, -mən)

the door attendant of an apartment house, nightclub, etc.

[1855–60]

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Noun

doorman - someone who guards an entrance

door guard, hall porter, ostiary, porter, gatekeeper, doorkeeper

commissionaire - a uniformed doorman

guard - a person who keeps watch over something or someone

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

Translations

بُوَّاببَوّاب، حاجِب

dveřníkvrátný

dørmanddørvogter

ovimies

vratar

kocsirendezõ

dyravörîur

portiere

ドアマン

문지기

vaktmästare

คนเปิดประตูหน้าโรงแรมหรืออาคารต่างๆ

kapıcı

người gác cửa

门卫门童

doorman

[ˈdɔːmən] N (doormen (pl)) [of hotel, block of flats] → portero/a m/f, conserje mf

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

doorman

[ˈdɔː^rmæn ˈdɔː^rmən] n

[club] → videur/euse m/f

(in hotel) → portier m

(in block of flats) → concierge m

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

doorman

[ˈdɔːˌmæn] n (-men (pl)) (in hotel) → portiere m (in livrea); (in block of flats) → portinaio

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

door

(doː) noun

1. the usually hinged barrier, usually of wood, which closes the entrance of a room, house etc. He knocked loudly on the door.

2. a means of achieving something. the door to success.

ˈdoorknob noun

a knob-shaped handle for opening and closing a door.

ˈdoorman noun

a man on duty at the door of a hotel, store etc.

ˈdoormat noun

a mat kept in front of the door for people to wipe their feet on.

ˈdoorstep noun

a raised step just outside the door of a house.

ˈdoorway noun

the space usually filled by a door. He was standing in the doorway.

on one's doorstep

very close to where one lives. The Welsh mountains are on our doorstep.

doorman

→ بُوَّاب dveřník dørmand Portier θυρωρός portero ovimies portier vratar portiere ドアマン 문지기 portier dørvakt portier porteiro швейцар vaktmästare คนเปิดประตูหน้าโรงแรมหรืออาคารต่างๆ kapıcı người gác cửa 门卫

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These doormen save the police having to stand outside pubs that are known for trouble, a thing no police force can afford, with the reduction in staff.

All door staff should be protected by the law

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John Battle, who has been a doorman at Eastwood Towers for over two decades

Prosecutors said Rowles deliberately drove the car at doormen who were standing over his mate.

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When the bouncers opened the door John, 35, and Scott, 36, ran back up the stairs and began fighting with the doormen. The altercation then continued down the stairs and Mr Jopling followed.

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Richard, managing director of the now-defunct LRS Security, said the doormen have suffered from a severe backlash.

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A NIGHTCLUB boss offered doormen cash to attack his brother, a murder trial heard yesterday.