: 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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There was split-system air-conditioning, and the building had a virtual doorman and a laundry room.
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Joyce Cohen, New York Times, 1 May 2025
The 11 men and one woman came on foot and bike — dressed as police officers, to trick the doorman at Kardashian's apartment in Paris during Fashion Week in October 2016.
—Eleanor Beardsley, NPR, 29 Apr. 2025
In the case of Season 5, Season 4 ends with the trio discovering the corpse of longtime doorman Lester (Teddy Coluca) in a fountain.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 22 Mar. 2025
In the season-four finale, Lester the doorman (played by Teddy Coluca) was found shot in the courtyard fountain, giving the trio at least one murder in the building to solve.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 21 Mar. 2025
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Joyce Cohen, New York Times, 1 May 2025
The 11 men and one woman came on foot and bike — dressed as police officers, to trick the doorman at Kardashian's apartment in Paris during Fashion Week in October 2016.
—Eleanor Beardsley, NPR, 29 Apr. 2025
In the case of Season 5, Season 4 ends with the trio discovering the corpse of longtime doorman Lester (Teddy Coluca) in a fountain.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 22 Mar. 2025
In the season-four finale, Lester the doorman (played by Teddy Coluca) was found shot in the courtyard fountain, giving the trio at least one murder in the building to solve.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 21 Mar. 2025
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“Doorman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/doorman. Accessed 9 May. 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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