: 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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Sure, parking, central air-conditioning and a doorman may be important amenities to some.
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Josh Ocampo, New York Times, 29 Dec. 2024
Murnau’s titular character is a hotel doorman whose entire sense of self collapses upon his demotion to washroom attendant.
—Elle Carroll, Vulture, 24 Dec. 2024
The victim was a doorman, and that is a very rich lineage and heritage to New York City — what that job is, and the union around that job — and there’s a level of respect involved.
—Selome Hailu, Variety, 30 Oct. 2024
Barry Gibbs was a familiar figure around the Manhattan enclave of Sutton Place, a mailman who delivered packages among the dignified apartment buildings staffed by uniformed doormen.
—Lizz Schumer, People.com, 29 Dec. 2024
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Josh Ocampo, New York Times, 29 Dec. 2024
Murnau’s titular character is a hotel doorman whose entire sense of self collapses upon his demotion to washroom attendant.
—Elle Carroll, Vulture, 24 Dec. 2024
The victim was a doorman, and that is a very rich lineage and heritage to New York City — what that job is, and the union around that job — and there’s a level of respect involved.
—Selome Hailu, Variety, 30 Oct. 2024
Barry Gibbs was a familiar figure around the Manhattan enclave of Sutton Place, a mailman who delivered packages among the dignified apartment buildings staffed by uniformed doormen.
—Lizz Schumer, People.com, 29 Dec. 2024
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“Doorman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/doorman. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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doorman
noun
door·man
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-mən
: a person who tends a door (as of a hotel) and assists people (as by calling taxis)
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