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doorkeeper

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Etymology

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Compound of door +‎ keeper.

Noun

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doorkeeper (plural doorkeepers)

  1. The person in charge of an entryway, sometimes just a doorman, sometimes something more.
    Synonym: concierge
    • 1920, Willa Cather, Youth and the Bright Medusa.[1]:
      The manager at Carnegie Hall was told to get another usher in his stead; the doorkeeper at the theatre was warned not to admit him to the house; and Charley Edwards remorsefully promised the boy's father not to see him again.

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