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Definition of porter

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Porter (n.) A bar of iron or steel at the end of which a forging is made; esp., a long, large bar, to the end of which a heavy forging is attached, and by means of which the forging is lifted and handled in hammering and heating; -- called also porter bar..

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Reporter :: Reporter (n.) An officer or person who makes authorized statements of law proceedings and decisions, or of legislative debates..

Rumper :: Rumper (n.) A member or a supporter of the Rump Parliament.

Communist :: Communist (n.) A supporter of the commune of Paris.

Colporter :: Colporter (n.) Same as Colporteur.

Butment :: Butment (n.) A buttress of an arch; the supporter, or that part which joins it to the upright pier..

Despotist :: Despotist (n.) A supporter of despotism.

Pillar :: Pillar (n.) Figuratively, that which resembles such a pillar in appearance, character, or office; a supporter or mainstay; as, the Pillars of Hercules; a pillar of the state..

Curtal Friar :: Curtal friar () A friar who acted as porter at the gate of a monastery.

Ministerialist :: Ministerialist (n.) A supporter of the ministers, or the party in power..

Importer :: Importer (n.) One who imports; the merchant who brings goods into a country or state; -- opposed to exporter.

Muster :: Muster (v. i.) To be gathered together for parade, inspection, exercise, or the like; to come together as parts of a force or body; as, his supporters mustered in force..

Apporter :: Apporter (n.) A bringer in; an importer.

Porterage :: Porterage (n.) Money charged or paid for the carriage of burdens or parcels by a porter.

Coolie :: Coolie (n.) An East Indian porter or carrier; a laborer transported from the East Indies, China, or Japan, for service in some other country..

Phonography :: Phonography (n.) A representation of sounds by distinctive characters; commonly, a system of shorthand writing invented by Isaac Pitman, or a modification of his system, much used by reporters..

Gallican :: Gallican (n.) An adherent to, and supporter of, Gallicanism..

Unionist :: Unionist (n.) One who advocates or promotes union; especially a loyal supporter of a federal union, as that of the United States..

Supporter :: Supporter (n.) A figure, sometimes of a man, but commonly of some animal, placed on either side of an escutcheon, and exterior to it. Usually, both supporters of an escutcheon are similar figures..

Porterhouse :: Porterhouse (n.) A house where porter is sold.

Run :: Run (a.) Specifically, of a horse: To move rapidly in a gait in which each leg acts in turn as a propeller and a supporter, and in which for an instant all the limbs are gathered in the air under the body..