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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (3)

1. an official stationed at the entrance of a courtroom or legislative chamber;
[syn: usher, doorkeeper]

2. the lowest of the minor Holy Orders in the unreformed Western Church but now suppressed by the Roman Catholic Church;
[syn: doorkeeper, ostiary, ostiarius]

3. someone who guards an entrance;
[syn: doorkeeper, doorman, door guard, hall porter, porter, gatekeeper, ostiary]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Doorkeeper \Door"keep`er\, n. One who guards the entrance of a house or apartment; a porter; a janitor. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

doorkeeper n 1: an official stationed at the entrance of a courtroom or legislative chamber [syn: usher, doorkeeper] 2: the lowest of the minor Holy Orders in the unreformed Western Church but now suppressed by the Roman Catholic Church [syn: doorkeeper, ostiary, ostiarius] 3: someone who guards an entrance [syn: doorkeeper, doorman, door guard, hall porter, porter, gatekeeper, ostiary]