Definition/Meaning of porter

• English - Noun: porter (plural porters) A person who carries luggage and related objects; (historically) one who carried luggage or did manual labour in the transloading of cargo . goods porter By the time I reached the train station I was exhausted, but fortunately there was a porter waiting. An ant having the specialized role of carry ing. One who port s software (makes it usable on another platform). 1998,…
• English - Verb: porter (third-person singular simple present porters, present participle portering, simple past and past participle portered) To serve as a porter; to carry.
• English - Anagrams: Perrot , perrot , pretor , proter , report
• English - Etymology: Etymology 1. From Middle English porter , portere , portier , borrowed from Anglo-Norman portour and Old French porteor , from Late Latin portātor , from past participle of Latin portāre (“to carry”). By surface analysis, port (“to carry”) + -er . Etymology 2. From Middle English porter , portere , portare , borrowed from Anglo-Norman portour and Old French portier , from Late Latin portarius…
• English - Pronunciation: (General American) IPA: /ˈpɔɹtɚ/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈpɔːtə/ IPA: /ˈpo(ː)ɹtɚ/ , /ˈpoətə/ Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)tə(ɹ)