: a usually uniformed attendant at the door of a building (such as a hotel or apartment building)
Examples of doorman in a Sentence
we tipped the hotel doorman for getting us a cab
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The man is Eugene Molina (Del Zamora), a former doorman.
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Noel Murray, Vulture, 4 Apr. 2025
Maintenance fees are $1,339 a month, and the building is mostly coasting on its (quite good) location: There’s a virtual doorman but not much else in the way of amenities.
—Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 1 Apr. 2025
Tatum lives in that neighborhood — top floor, doorman, skyline view.
—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 9 Apr. 2025
The man is Eugene Molina (Del Zamora), a former doorman.
—Noel Murray, Vulture, 4 Apr. 2025
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Noel Murray, Vulture, 4 Apr. 2025
Maintenance fees are $1,339 a month, and the building is mostly coasting on its (quite good) location: There’s a virtual doorman but not much else in the way of amenities.
—Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 1 Apr. 2025
Tatum lives in that neighborhood — top floor, doorman, skyline view.
—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 9 Apr. 2025
The man is Eugene Molina (Del Zamora), a former doorman.
—Noel Murray, Vulture, 4 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for doorman
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“Doorman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/doorman. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.
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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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