doorkeeper

/ˌdɔərˈkipər/

Other forms: doorkeepers

Definitions of doorkeeper

1. noun

   someone who guards an entrance
   synonyms: door guard, doorman, gatekeeper, hall porter, ostiary, porter

   types:

   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

   type of:

   guard

   a person who keeps watch over something or someone
2. noun

   an official stationed at the entrance of a courtroom or legislative chamber
   synonyms: usher

   type of:

   functionary, official

   a worker who holds or is invested with an office
3. noun

   the lowest of the minor Holy Orders in the unreformed Western Church but now suppressed by the Roman Catholic Church
   synonyms: ostiarius, ostiary

   type of:

   clergyman, man of the cloth, reverend

   a member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of a Christian church

   Holy Order, Order

   (usually plural) the status or rank or office of a Christian clergyman in an ecclesiastical hierarchy