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Definition of doorkeeper

someone who guards an entrance
the lowest of the minor Holy Orders in the unreformed Western Church but now suppressed by the Roman Catholic Church
an official doorkeeper as in a courtroom or legislative chamber

Similar Words: doorman, door guard, hall porter, porter, gatekeeper, ostiary, ostiarius, usher

Hyponyms: commissionaire, night porter, ticket collector, ticket taker

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