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porters' lodges

porters' lodges is the plural of porter's lodge.

Meaning of porter's lodge

Noun

porter's lodge (plural porters' lodges)

  1. A building for the porter(s) near the gate of a castle, college, etc., (historical) formerly used as a place of punishment for the staff.
    • The keys... were on Saturday stolen from the porter's lodge.1819 August 30, Times, page 2
    Synonyms:
    guardhouse
  2. (Canada, UK) An equivalent room near the gate of a college, chiefly used as a mailroom.
    • [H]e walked across Hawthorn Tree Court on his way to the porter's lodge. […] At the lodge he cleared his pigeon-hole.1991 September, Stephen Fry, chapter 2, in The Liar, London: Heinemann, →ISBN, section I, page 39
    Synonyms:
    mailroom

Questions about porters' lodges

What is porters' lodges the plural of?
Porters' lodges is the plural of porter's lodge.

Words near porters' lodges in the dictionary

  1. porterless
  2. porterlike
  3. porterly
  4. porters
  5. Porters Retreat
  6. porters' lodges
  7. portership
  8. porterships
  9. Porterville
  10. porterweed
  11. porterweeds

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