Doorkeeper
//ˈdôr-ˌkē-pər// noun
noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The person in charge of an entryway, sometimes just a doorman, sometimes responsible for security in the immediate area of the entryway, similar to a bouncer.
"The manager at Carnegie Hall was told to get another usher in his stead; the doorkeeper at the theatre was warned not to admit him to the house; and Charley Edwards remorsefully promised the boy's father not to see him again."
- 2 someone who guards an entrance wordnet
- 3 the lowest of the minor Holy Orders in the unreformed Western Church but now suppressed by the Roman Catholic Church wordnet
- 4 an official stationed at the entrance of a courtroom or legislative chamber wordnet
Example
More examples"Tom Skeleton, the ancient stage doorkeeper, sat in his battered armchair, listening as the actors came up the stone stairs from their dressing rooms."
Etymology
Compound of door + keeper.
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