Definition of porter

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Porter (n.) 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..

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Importer :: Importer (n.) One who imports; the merchant who brings goods into a country or state; -- opposed to exporter.
Bolsterer :: Bolsterer (n.) A supporter.
Butment :: Butment (n.) A buttress of an arch; the supporter, or that part which joins it to the upright pier..
Portress :: Portress (n.) A female porter.
Tory :: Tory (n.) A member of the conservative party, as opposed to the progressive party which was formerly called the Whig, and is now called the Liberal, party; an earnest supporter of exsisting royal and ecclesiastical authority..
Combustion :: Combustion (n.) The combination of a combustible with a supporter of combustion, producing heat, and sometimes both light and heat..
Logography :: Logography (n.) A mode of reporting speeches without using shorthand, -- a number of reporters, each in succession, taking down three or four words..
Apporter :: Apporter (n.) A bringer in; an importer.
Assertor :: Assertor (n.) One who asserts or avers; one who maintains or vindicates a claim or a right; an affirmer, supporter, or vindicator; a defender; an asserter..
Despotist :: Despotist (n.) A supporter of despotism.
Reporter :: Reporter (n.) An officer or person who makes authorized statements of law proceedings and decisions, or of legislative debates..
Reporter :: Reporter (n.) One who reports speeches, the proceedings of public meetings, news, etc., for the newspapers..
Carrier :: Carrier (n.) One who is employed, or makes it his business, to carry goods for others for hire; a porter; a teamster..
Transporter :: Transporter (n.) One who transports.
Run :: Run (a.) Specifically, of a horse: To move rapidly in a gait in which each leg acts in turn as a propeller and a supporter, and in which for an instant all the limbs are gathered in the air under the body..
Reporter :: Reporter (n.) One who reports.
Phonography :: Phonography (n.) A representation of sounds by distinctive characters; commonly, a system of shorthand writing invented by Isaac Pitman, or a modification of his system, much used by reporters..
Gallican :: Gallican (n.) An adherent to, and supporter of, Gallicanism..
Supporter :: Supporter (n.) One who, or that which, supports; as, oxygen is a supporter of life..
Extremist :: Extremist (n.) A supporter of extreme doctrines or practice; one who holds extreme opinions.
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