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porteous

UK/ˈpɔːtɪəs/US/ˈpɔɹtɪəs/

porteous noun: a portable breviary.

Noun

porteous (plural porteouses)

  1. (historical) A portable breviary.
    • And in his hand his Portesse still he bare, / That much was worne, but therein little red, / For of deuotion he had little care [...].1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto IV”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    portuary

Proper noun capitalized: Porteous

Porteous (plural Porteouses)

  1. A surname.

porteous meaning in Bengali

porteous in Bengali

একটি বহনযোগ্য ব্রেভিয়ারি

Synonyms of porteous

Forms of porteous

Noun
pluralporteouses
alternative formportesse
alternative formporthors
alternative formporthos
alternative formportous
Proper noun
pluralPorteouses

Origin of porteous

From Anglo-Norman porteose, portehos, Old French portehors, from porte + hors (“outside”).

Two possible origins: * A topographic surname for someone who lived in the lodge at the entrance to a manor house, from Middle English port (“gateway, entrance”) + hous (“house”). * From Anglo-Norman porteose (“porteous”), a metonymic occupational surname for a scribe employed in writing portable prayerbooks.

Questions about porteous

What does porteous mean?
Porteous means a portable breviary.
What is porteous in Bengali?
Porteous in Bengali is একটি বহনযোগ্য ব্রেভিয়ারি. See Porteous meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is porteous?
Porteous can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce porteous?
Porteous is pronounced /ˈpɔːtɪəs/ (UK).
What is the plural of porteous?
The plural of porteous is porteouses.

Words near porteous in the dictionary

  1. portentous
  2. portentously
  3. portentousness
  4. portents
  5. portentuous
  6. porteous
  7. porteouses
  8. porter
  9. Porter County
  10. Porter Ranch
  11. porter's knot

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