1.  porter(n = noun.person) - a person employed to carry luggage and supplies;
is a kind of jack, laborer, labourer, manual laborer
has particulars: redcap, skycap
Derived forms verb port₅, verb porter₁

2.  porter(n = noun.person) door guard, doorkeeper, doorman, gatekeeper, hall porter, ostiary - someone who guards an entrance;
is a kind of guard
has particulars: commissionaire, night porter, ticket collector, ticket taker

3.  porter(n = noun.person) katherine anne porter - United States writer of novels and short stories (1890-1980);
is a kind of author, writer

4.  porter(n = noun.person) cole albert porter, cole porter - United States composer and lyricist of musical comedies (1891-1946);
is a kind of composer

5.  porter(n = noun.person) o. henry, william sydney porter - United States writer of short stories whose pen name was O. Henry (1862-1910);
is a kind of author, writer

6.  porter(n = noun.person) pullman porter - a railroad employee who assists passengers (especially on sleeping cars);
is a kind of employee

7.  porter(n = noun.food) porter's beer - a very dark sweet ale brewed from roasted unmalted barley;
is a kind of ale

   porter(v = verb.contact) - carry luggage or supplies; "They portered the food up Mount Kilimanjaro for the tourists"
is one way to carry, transport
Derived forms noun porter₁, noun porterage₂, noun porterage₁
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something

   A man who has charge of a door or gate; a doorkeeper; one who waits at the door to receive messages. Shak. [1913 Webster]
"To him the porter openeth." [1913 Webster]

1.  A carrier; one who carries or conveys burdens, luggage, etc.; for hire. [1913 Webster]

2.  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. [1913 Webster]

3.  A malt liquor, of a dark color and moderately bitter taste, possessing tonic and intoxicating qualities. [1913 Webster]
" Porter is said to be so called as having been first used chiefly by the London porters, and this application of the word is supposed to be not older than 1750." [1913 Webster]

porter, n.
1 a a person employed to carry luggage etc., esp. a railway, airport, or hotel employee. b a hospital employee who moves equipment, trolleys, etc.
2 a dark-brown bitter beer brewed from charred or browned malt (app. orig. made esp. for porters).
3 US a sleeping-car attendant.

Derivative:
porterage n.

porter, n. Brit. a gatekeeper or doorkeeper, esp. of a large building.

Etymology:
ME & AF, OF portier f. LL portarius f. porta door

N  stopper, stopple, plug, cork, bung, spike, spill, stopcock, tap, rammer, ram, ramrod, piston, stop-gap, wadding, stuffing, padding, stopping, dossil, pledget, tompion, tourniquet, cover, valve, vent peg, spigot, slide valve, janitor, doorkeeper, porter, warder, beadle, cerberus, ostiary.

N  carrier, porter, bearer, tranter, conveyer, cargador, express, expressman, stevedore, coolie, conductor, locomotive, motor, beast, beast of burden, cattle, horse, nag, palfrey, Arab, blood horse, thoroughbred, galloway, charger, courser, racer, hunter, jument, pony, filly, colt, foal, barb, roan, jade, hack, bidet, pad, cob, tit, punch, roadster, goer, racehorse, pack horse, draft horse, cart horse, dray horse, post horse, ketch, Shetland pony, shelty, sheltie, garran, garron, jennet, genet, bayard, mare, stallion, gelding, bronco, broncho, cayuse, creature, critter, cow pony, mustang, Narraganset, waler, stud, Pegasus, Bucephalus, Rocinante, ass, donkey, jackass, mule, hinny, sumpter horse, sumpter mule, burro, cuddy, ladino, reindeer, camel, dromedary, llama, elephant, carrier pigeon, pallet, brace, cart, dolley, support, fork lift, carriage, ship, equine, asinine.

cole albert porter, cole porter, hall porter, helen porter mitchell, katherine anne porter, night porter, pullman porter, william sydney porter

   beer(n = noun.food) - a general name for alcoholic beverages made by fermenting a cereal (or mixture of cereals) flavored with hops;
is a kind of brew, brewage
has particulars: draft beer, draught beer, suds, lager, lager beer, ale
Derived form adjective beery₁

1.  A fermented liquor made from any malted grain, but commonly from barley malt, with hops or some other substance to impart a bitter flavor. [1913 Webster]
" Beer has different names, as small beer, ale, porter, brown stout, lager beer, according to its strength, or other qualities. See Ale." [1913 Webster]

2.  A fermented extract of the roots and other parts of various plants, as spruce, ginger, sassafras, etc. [1913 Webster]

beer, n.
1 a an alcoholic drink made from yeast-fermented malt etc., flavoured with hops. b a glass of this, esp. a pint or half-pint.
2 any of several other fermented drinks, e.g. ginger beer.

Idiom:
beer and skittles amusement (life is not all beer and skittles). beer-cellar
1 an underground room for storing beer.
2 a basement or cellar for selling or drinking beer. beer-engine Brit. a machine that draws up beer from a barrel in a cellar. beer garden a garden where beer is sold and drunk. beer hall a large room where beer is sold and drunk. beer-mat a small table-mat for a beer-glass. beer pump US = beer-engine.

Etymology:
OE beor f. LL biber drink f. L bibere

N  drunkenness, intemperance, drinking, inebriety, inebriation, ebriety, ebriosity, insobriety, intoxication, temulency, bibacity, wine bibbing, comtation, potation, deep potations, bacchanals, bacchanalia, libations, bender, oinomania, dipsomania, delirium tremens, alcohol, alcoholism, mania a potu, drink, alcoholic drinks, blue ruin, grog, port wine, punch, punch bowl, cup, rosy wine, flowing bowl, drop, drop too much, dram, beer, aguardiente, apple brandy, applejack, brandy, brandy smash, chain lightning, champagne, cocktail, gin, ginsling, highball, peg, rum, rye, schnapps, sherry, sling, uisquebaugh, usquebaugh, whisky, xeres, drunkard, sot, toper, tippler, bibber, wine-bibber, lush, hard drinker, gin drinker, dram drinker, soaker, sponge, tun, love pot, toss pot, thirsty soul, reveler, carouser, Bacchanal, Bacchanalian, Bacchal, Bacchante, devotee to Bacchus, bum, guzzler, tavern haunter, drunk, tipsy, intoxicated, inebrious, inebriate, inebriated, in one's cups, in a state of intoxication, temulent, temulentive, bombed, smashed, fuddled, mellow, cut, boozy, fou, fresh, merry, elevated, flustered, disguised, groggy, beery, top-heavy, potvaliant, glorious, potulent, squiffy, overcome, overtaken, whittled, screwed, tight, primed, corned, raddled, sewed up, lushy, nappy, muddled, muzzy, obfuscated, maudlin, crapulous, dead drunk, woozy, buzzed, flush, flushed, inter pocula, in liquor, the worse for liquor, having had a drop too much, half seas over, three sheets in the wind, three sheets to the wind, under the table, drunk as a lord, drunk as a skunk, drunk as a piper, drunk as a fiddler, drunk as Chloe, drunk as an owl, drunk as David's sow, drunk as a wheelbarrow, drunken, bibacious, sottish, given to drink, addicted to drink, addicted to the bottle, toping, nunc est bibendum, Bacchus ever fair and young, drink down all unkindness, O that men should put an enemy in their mouths to.

N  food, eating, deglutition, gulp, epulation, mastication, manducation, rumination, gluttony, hippophagy, ichthyophagy, (appetite), mouth, jaws, mandible, mazard, gob, chops, drinking, potation, draught, libation, carousal, drunkenness, food, pabulum, aliment, nourishment, nutriment, sustenance, sustentation, sustention, nurture, subsistence, provender, corn, feed, fodder, provision, ration, keep, commons, board, commissariat, prey, forage, pasture, pasturage, fare, cheer, diet, dietary, regimen, belly timber, staff of life, bread, bread and cheese, comestibles, eatables, victuals, edibles, ingesta, grub, grubstake, prog, meat, bread, bread stuffs, cerealia, cereals, viands, cates, delicacy, dainty, creature comforts, contents of the larder, fleshpots, festal board, ambrosia, good cheer, good living, beef, bisquit, bun, cornstarch, cookie, cooky, cracker, doughnut, fatling, hardtack, hoecake, hominy, mutton, pilot bread, pork, roti, rusk, ship biscuit, veal, joint, piece de resistance, roast and boiled, remove, entremet, releve, hash, rechauffe, stew, ragout, fricassee, mince, pottage, potage, broth, soup, consomme, puree, spoonmeat, pie, pasty, volauvent, pudding, omelet, pastry, sweets, kickshaws, condiment, appetizer, hors d'oeuvre, main course, entree, alligator pear, apple, apple slump, artichoke, ashcake, griddlecake, pancake, flapjack, atole, avocado, banana, beche de mer, barbecue, beefsteak, beet root, blackberry, blancmange, bloater, bouilli, bouillon, breadfruit, chop suey, chowder, chupatty, clam, compote, damper, fish, frumenty, grapes, hasty pudding, ice cream, lettuce, mango, mangosteen, mince pie, oatmeal, oyster, pineapple, porridge, porterhouse steak, salmis, sauerkraut, sea slug, sturgeon ("Albany beef"), succotash, supawn, trepang, vanilla, waffle, walnut, table, cuisine, bill of fare, menu, table d'hote, ordinary, entree, meal, repast, feed, spread, mess, dish, plate, course, regale, regalement, refreshment, entertainment, refection, collation, picnic, feast, banquet, junket, breakfast, lunch, luncheon, dejeuner, bever, tiffin, dinner, supper, snack, junk food, fast food, whet, bait, dessert, potluck, table d'hote, dejeuner a la fourchette, hearty meal, square meal, substantial meal, full meal, blowout, light refreshment, bara, chotahazri, bara khana, mouthful, bolus, gobbet, morsel, sop, sippet, drink, beverage, liquor, broth, soup, potion, dram, draught, drench, swill, nip, sip, sup, gulp, wine, spirits, liqueur, beer, ale, malt liquor, Sir John Barleycorn, stingo, heavy wet, grog, toddy, flip, purl, punch, negus, cup, bishop, wassail, gin, coffee, chocolate, cocoa, tea, the cup that cheers but not inebriates, bock beer, lager beer, Pilsener beer, schenck beer, Brazil tea, cider, claret, ice water, mate, mint julep, near beer, 2 beer, non- alcoholic beverage, eating house, diner, hippophage, glutton, eatable, edible, esculent, comestible, alimentary, cereal, cibarious, dietetic, culinary, nutritive, nutritious, gastric, succulent, potable, potulent, bibulous, omnivorous, carnivorous, herbivorous, granivorous, graminivorous, phytivorous, ichthyivorous, omophagic, omophagous, pantophagous, phytophagous, xylophagous, across the walnuts and the wine, blessed hour of our dinners!, now good digestion wait on appetite, and health on both!, who can cloy the hungry edge of appetite?.

beer barrel, beer belly, beer bottle, beer can, beer drinker, beer garden, beer glass, beer gut, beer hall, beer keg, beer maker, beer mat, beer mug, birch beer, blink beer, bock beer, draft beer, draught beer, ginger beer, jakob liebmann beer, lager beer, light beer, munich beer, near beer, porter's beer, rice beer, root beer, root beer float, small beer, spruce beer, weiss beer, wheat beer, white beer