English dictionary

doorkeeper

/'d/oU/r,k/i/p/@/r/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

noun

an official stationed at the entrance of a courtroom or legislative chamber

noun.person

Synonyms usher

Source: WordNet 3.0
the lowest of the minor Holy Orders in the unreformed Western Church but now suppressed by the Roman Catholic Church

noun.person

Synonyms ostiarius ostiary

Source: WordNet 3.0
someone who guards an entrance

noun.person

Synonyms door guard doorman gatekeeper hall porter ostiary porter

Source: WordNet 3.0
One who guards the entrance of a house or apartment; a porter; a janitor.

noun

Source: webster1913