[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]