doorkeeper

See also: door-keeper

English

Alternative forms

• door-keeper

Etymology

Compound of door +‎ keeper.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈdôr-ˌkē-pər/

  • Audio (General American):

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Noun

doorkeeper (plural doorkeepers)

1. The person in charge of an entryway, sometimes responsible for security in the immediate area around the entryway.

   Coordinate term: gatekeeper

   Near-synonyms: doorman, concierge, bouncer

   • 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.

2. (figurative) Someone with power to keep others out of some sphere or activity.

   Synonym: gatekeeper

Translations

person in charge of an entryway

• Altai:

  Southern Altai: эжикчи (ežikči)

• Arabic: بَوَّاب m (bawwāb), بَوَّابَة f (bawwāba)
• Armenian: դռնապան (hy) (dṙnapan), շվեյցար (hy) (šveycʻar), բարապան (hy) (barapan)
• Aromanian: purtar m, purtaru m
• Bengali: দারোয়ান (bn) (darōẇan)
• Bulgarian: врата́р (bg) m (vratár), портие́р (bg) m (portiér)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 把門人 / 把门人 (bǎménrén)

• Coptic: ⲙⲛⲟⲩⲧ m (mnout), ⲫⲁⲡⲣⲟ (phapro)
• Czech: portýr (cs) m, dveřník (cs) m
• Danish: portner c
• Egyptian: (jrj-ꜥꜣ)
• Finnish: vahtimestari (fi), ovenvartija
• French: portier (fr) m, portière (fr) f, concierge (fr) m or f
• German: Portier (de) m, Portierin (de) f, Portierfrau (de) f, Portiersfrau (de) f, Concierge (de) m or f, Pförtner (de) m, Pförtnerin (de) f, Türsteher (de) m, Türsteherin (de) f, Zerberus m (humorous)
• Gothic: 𐌳𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌰𐍅𐌰𐍂𐌳𐍃 m (daurawards), 𐌳𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌰𐍅𐌰𐍂𐌳𐌰 f (daurawarda)
• Greek: πορτιέρης (el) m (portiéris), πορτιέρισσα (el) f (portiérissa), θυρωρός (el) m or f (thyrorós), θυρωρίνα (el) f (thyrorína)

  Ancient Greek: θυρωρός m (thurōrós)

• Hungarian: portás (hu)
• Ido: pordisto (io), pordistulo (io) (male), pordistino (io) (female)
• Italian: portiere (it) m, portiera (it) f
• Japanese: 玄関番 (げんかんばん, genkanban), 守衛 (ja) (しゅえい, shuei), 門番 (ja) (monban)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: dergevan (ku) m or f

• Latin: portārius m
• Macedonian: вра́тар m (vrátar), по́ртир m (pórtir)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: portner (no) m, portvakt m or f

  Nynorsk: portnar m, portvakt f

• Polish: portier (pl) m, portierka (pl) f, odźwierny (pl) m, odźwierna f, dozorca (pl) m, dozorczyni (pl) f, stróż (pl) m, stróżka (pl) f
• Portuguese: porteiro (pt) m, porteira (pt) f
• Romanian: portar (ro) m, portăreasă (ro) f
• Russian: швейца́р (ru) m (švejcár), портье́ (ru) m (portʹjé), привра́тник (ru) m (privrátnik), консье́рж (ru) m (konsʹjérž), консье́ржка (ru) f (konsʹjéržka)
• Spanish: portero (es) m, portera f
• Swahili: bawabu (sw)
• Swedish: portvakt (sv) c, dörrvakt (sv) c
• Telugu: ద్వారపాలకుడు (te) (dvārapālakuḍu)
• Tocharian B: ? wamer, plaktukäñña (female)
• Turkish:

  Ottoman Turkish: پرده‌جی (perdeci)

• Ukrainian: швейца́р m (švejcár), швейца́рка f (švejcárka), консьє́рж m (konsʹjérž), консьє́ржка f (konsʹjéržka)