Tom Skeleton, the ancient stage doorkeeper, sat in his battered armchair, listening as the actors came up the stone stairs from their dressing rooms.
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Doorkeeper
//ˈdôr-ˌkē-pər//
Synonyms for "doorkeeper" (34 found)
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Closest matches (7)
Strong matches (10)
Related words (17)
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6 entriesSynonyms
1 entriesderived from
2 entriesis a
3 entriesrelated to
1 entriesTranslations
87 translations across 37 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- θυρωρός noun (person in charge of an entryway)
Arabic
2 entries- بَوَّاب noun (person in charge of an entryway)
- بَوَّابَة noun (person in charge of an entryway)
Armenian
3 entries- բարապան noun (person in charge of an entryway)
- դռնապան noun (person in charge of an entryway)
- շվեյցար noun (person in charge of an entryway)
Aromanian
2 entries- purtar noun (person in charge of an entryway)
- purtaru noun (person in charge of an entryway)
Bengali
1 entries- দারোয়ান noun (person in charge of an entryway)
Bulgarian
2 entries- врата́р noun (person in charge of an entryway)
- портие́р noun (person in charge of an entryway)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 把門人 /把门人 noun (person in charge of an entryway)
Coptic
2 entries- ⲙⲛⲟⲩⲧ noun (person in charge of an entryway)
- ⲫⲁⲡⲣⲟ noun (person in charge of an entryway)
Czech
2 entries- dveřník noun (person in charge of an entryway)
- portýr noun (person in charge of an entryway)
Danish
1 entries- portner noun (person in charge of an entryway)
Egyptian
1 entries- i-r:y-A48-aA:O31-Z1-A1 noun (person in charge of an entryway)
Finnish
2 entries- ovenvartija noun (person in charge of an entryway)
- vahtimestari noun (person in charge of an entryway)
French
3 entries- concierge noun (person in charge of an entryway)
- portier noun (person in charge of an entryway)
- portière noun (person in charge of an entryway)
German
4 entries- Concierge noun (person in charge of an entryway)
- Pförtner noun (person in charge of an entryway)
- Pförtnerin noun (person in charge of an entryway)
- Portier noun (person in charge of an entryway)
Gothic
2 entries- 𐌳𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌰𐍅𐌰𐍂𐌳𐌰 noun (person in charge of an entryway)
- 𐌳𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌰𐍅𐌰𐍂𐌳𐍃 noun (person in charge of an entryway)
Greek
4 entries- θυρωρίνα noun (person in charge of an entryway)
- θυρωρός noun (person in charge of an entryway)
- πορτιέρης noun (person in charge of an entryway)
- πορτιέρισσα noun (person in charge of an entryway)
Hungarian
1 entries- portás noun (person in charge of an entryway)
Ido
3 entries- pordistino noun (person in charge of an entryway)
- pordisto noun (person in charge of an entryway)
- pordistulo noun (person in charge of an entryway)
Italian
2 entries- portiera noun (person in charge of an entryway)
- portiere noun (person in charge of an entryway)
Japanese
3 entries- 守衛 noun (person in charge of an entryway)
- 玄関番 noun (person in charge of an entryway)
- 門番 noun (person in charge of an entryway)
Latin
1 entries- portārius noun (person in charge of an entryway)
Macedonian
2 entries- вра́тар noun (person in charge of an entryway)
- по́ртир noun (person in charge of an entryway)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- dergevan noun (person in charge of an entryway)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- portner noun (person in charge of an entryway)
- portvakt noun (person in charge of an entryway)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- portnar noun (person in charge of an entryway)
- portvakt noun (person in charge of an entryway)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- پردهجی noun (person in charge of an entryway)
Polish
4 entries- dozorca noun (person in charge of an entryway)
- dozorczyni noun (person in charge of an entryway)
- odźwierna noun (person in charge of an entryway)
- odźwierny noun (person in charge of an entryway)
Portuguese
2 entries- porteira noun (person in charge of an entryway)
- porteiro noun (person in charge of an entryway)
Romanian
2 entries- portar noun (person in charge of an entryway)
- portăreasă noun (person in charge of an entryway)
Russian
4 entries- консье́рж noun (person in charge of an entryway)
- консье́ржка noun (person in charge of an entryway)
- портье́ noun (person in charge of an entryway)
- привра́тник noun (person in charge of an entryway)
Southern Altai
1 entries- эжикчи noun (person in charge of an entryway)
Spanish
2 entries- portera noun (person in charge of an entryway)
- portero noun (person in charge of an entryway)
Swahili
1 entries- bawabu noun (person in charge of an entryway)
Swedish
2 entries- dörrvakt noun (person in charge of an entryway)
- portvakt noun (person in charge of an entryway)
Telugu
1 entries- ద్వారపాలకుడు noun (person in charge of an entryway)
Tocharian B
2 entries- ? wamer noun (person in charge of an entryway)
- plaktukäñña noun (person in charge of an entryway)
Ukrainian
4 entries- консьє́рж noun (person in charge of an entryway)
- консьє́ржка noun (person in charge of an entryway)
- швейца́р noun (person in charge of an entryway)
- швейца́рка noun (person in charge of an entryway)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
The doorkeeper closes the door after them.
Source: tatoeba (6767380)
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.
Source: wiktionary
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