: 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 city’s early shift was clocking in: doormen hosing down sidewalks, food vendors setting up their carts, doctors in scrubs streaming into the N.Y.U. hospital.
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James Barron, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2025
Half a block from the park, with your very own doorman.
$13,500, 2-bedroom: Half a block from the above, but about three times the size.
—Nora Deligter, Curbed, 3 Jan. 2025
The building boasts luxury amenities including a doorman, concierge, fitness center, and pool.
—India Roby, Architectural Digest, 3 Dec. 2024
The French Renaissance-style structure in Manhattan’s Carnegie Hill sports a beautiful lobby staffed by full-time doormen and concierges, a fitness center, and bicycle storage.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 28 Jan. 2025
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James Barron, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2025
Half a block from the park, with your very own doorman.
$13,500, 2-bedroom: Half a block from the above, but about three times the size.
—Nora Deligter, Curbed, 3 Jan. 2025
The building boasts luxury amenities including a doorman, concierge, fitness center, and pool.
—India Roby, Architectural Digest, 3 Dec. 2024
The French Renaissance-style structure in Manhattan’s Carnegie Hill sports a beautiful lobby staffed by full-time doormen and concierges, a fitness center, and bicycle storage.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 28 Jan. 2025
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“Doorman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/doorman. Accessed 5 Mar. 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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