: a usually uniformed attendant at the door of a building (such as a hotel or apartment building)
Examples of doorman in a Sentence
we tipped the hotel doorman for getting us a cab
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Monthlies are $1,148 and get you an elevator and virtual doorman, plus the West Village cred.
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Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 27 May 2025
When authorities arrived at the family’s apartment building, the doorman led them to the utility room at the back of the lobby.
—Alex Gurley, People.com, 23 May 2025
In early 2017, Akasha was waiting in line at a music venue in Boulder when the doorman struck up a conversation with him.
—Andy Greenberg, Wired News, 22 May 2025
The crisis involves a body and a ticking clock, as well as a zany, meddlesome doorman (Method Man, always welcome) added for good measure.
—Natalia Winkelman, New York Times, 22 May 2025
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Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 27 May 2025
When authorities arrived at the family’s apartment building, the doorman led them to the utility room at the back of the lobby.
—Alex Gurley, People.com, 23 May 2025
In early 2017, Akasha was waiting in line at a music venue in Boulder when the doorman struck up a conversation with him.
—Andy Greenberg, Wired News, 22 May 2025
The crisis involves a body and a ticking clock, as well as a zany, meddlesome doorman (Method Man, always welcome) added for good measure.
—Natalia Winkelman, New York Times, 22 May 2025
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“Doorman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/doorman. Accessed 12 Jun. 2025.
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doorman
noun
door·man
-ˌman 
-mən
: a person who tends a door (as of a hotel) and assists people (as by calling taxis)
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