doorman
(ˈdɔəmən)
1. A farrier's assistant.
| 1896 Daily Chron. 25 Aug. 9/5 Farrier—Young man wants Job as doorman and jobbing. 1897 Daily News 10 May 11/5 The present scale of pay is 5s. a day for doormen and 6s. for firemen. 1901 N. & Q. 9th Ser. VIII. 184/2 [Advt. in provincial newspaper] Wanted, doorman, able to nail well. |
2. Also doorsman. An attendant at the door of a shop or place of entertainment.
| 1858 Evening Star 18 June, Doorsman to a photographic artist. 1895 Daily News 10 Jan. 5/2 A ‘doorsman,’ whose business it was to..invite the patronage of the public. 1904 Daily Chron. 26 July 6/4 A publican whose doorman ejected a customer. 1905 Westm. Gaz. 27 June 9/1 Employment as porter, odd-man, lift-man, or door-man. 1927 Blackw. Mag. Nov. 701/1 At this moment entered the discreet white-clad doorman. 1959 Times 18 June 19/5 Mehmet Hassan..doorman..was sentenced to 21 months. |