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DOOR GUARD

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who guards an entrance

Synonyms:

door guard; doorkeeper; doorman; gatekeeper; hall porter; ostiary; porter

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("door guard" is a kind of...):

guard (a person who keeps watch over something or someone)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "door guard"):

commissionaire (a uniformed doorman)

night porter (a porter on duty during the night)

ticket collector; ticket taker (someone who is paid to admit only those who have purchased tickets)

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