| doorkeeper | 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 | (n) the lowest of the minor Holy Orders in the unreformed Western Church but now suppressed by the Roman Catholic Church, Syn. ostiarius, ostiary |
| doorkeeper | (n) someone who guards an entrance, Syn. gatekeeper, porter, door guard, hall porter, ostiary, doorman |
| Doorkeeper | n. One who guards the entrance of a house or apartment; a porter; a janitor. [ 1913 Webster ] |