doorkeeper
/ˈdôr-ˌkē-pər/
doorkeeper noun: the person in charge of an entryway, sometimes responsible for security in the immediate area around the entryway.
Noun
doorkeeper (plural doorkeepers)
- The person in charge of an entryway, sometimes responsible for security in the immediate area around the entryway.
- Near-synonyms: doorman, concierge, bouncer
- The manager at Carnegie Hall was told to get another usher in his stead; the doorkeeper at the theatre was warned not to admit him to the house; and Charley Edwards remorsefully promised the boy's father not to see him again.1920, Willa Cather, Youth and the Bright Medusa.
- Someone with power to keep others out of some sphere or activity.
- Synonyms:
- gatekeeper
doorkeeper meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
doorkeeper in Hindi
- doorkeeper
- दरवान darvān
doorkeeper in Tamil
- வாயில்காப்போன், வாயில் காவலன்
doorkeeper in Urdu
- دربان, حاجب
doorkeeper in Bengali
- person in charge of an entryway
- দারোয়ান darōẇan
More languagesFewer languages
- doorkeeper in Telugu
- ద్వారపాలకుడు dvārapālakuḍu
- doorkeeper in Malayalam
- ദ്വാരപാലകൻ, ദ്വാരപാലൻ, ദ്വാരി, ദ്വാരരക്ഷകൻ
- doorkeeper in Kannada
- ಗೊಲ್ಲ, ದ್ವಾರಪಾಲಕ
- doorkeeper in Arabic
- بَوَّاب bawwāb, بَوَّابَة bawwāba
Synonyms of doorkeeper
Forms of doorkeeper
| plural | doorkeepers |
|---|---|
| alternative form | door-keeper |
Origin of doorkeeper
Compound of door + keeper.
Questions about doorkeeper
- What does doorkeeper mean?
- Doorkeeper means the person in charge of an entryway, sometimes responsible for security in the immediate area around the entryway.
- What is doorkeeper in Hindi?
- Doorkeeper in Hindi is दरवान (darvān). See Doorkeeper meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is doorkeeper?
- Doorkeeper is a noun.
- How do you pronounce doorkeeper?
- Doorkeeper is pronounced /ˈdôr-ˌkē-pər/ (US).
- What is the plural of doorkeeper?
- The plural of doorkeeper is doorkeepers.
Words near doorkeeper in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: doorkeeper (page history and authors); दरवान (Hindi) (page history and authors); doorkeeper (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); doorkeeper (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); doorkeeper (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); doorkeeper (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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