: a usually uniformed attendant at the door of a building (such as a hotel or apartment building)
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we tipped the hotel doorman for getting us a cab
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Investigators weren’t allowed to go up to Giuliani’s residence, a doorman at the building refused to accept the documents and voicemails left for Giuliani weren’t returned, Klingerman said.
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Jacques Billeaud, Chicago Tribune, 21 May 2024
Trump also denies having an affair with McDougal. Cohen also recounted going to Trump after learning about a Trump Tower doorman who claimed, falsely, that Trump had a child out of wedlock.
—Michael R. Sisak, Fortune, 14 May 2024
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Jacques Billeaud, Chicago Tribune, 21 May 2024
Trump also denies having an affair with McDougal. Cohen also recounted going to Trump after learning about a Trump Tower doorman who claimed, falsely, that Trump had a child out of wedlock.
—Michael R. Sisak, Fortune, 14 May 2024
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“Doorman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/doorman. Accessed 30 May. 2024.
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doorman
noun
door·man
-ˌman 
-mən
: a person who tends a door (as of a hotel) and assists people (as by calling taxis)
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