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1. Porter
   [railroad] A porter is a railway employee assigned to assist passengers aboard a passenger train or to handle their baggage; it may be used particularly to refer to employees assigned to assisting passengers in the sleeping cars. In Australia, a Railway Porter had various roles. A Baggage Po...
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2. Porter
   The USS Porter was an American Porter Class destroyer of 1850 tons displacement launched in 1935. The USS Porter was powered by four Babcock and Wilcox high pressure oil-burning boilers providing a top speed of 39 knots. She carried a complement of 175 and was armed with eight 5 inch guns; eight 1 p...
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3. Porter
   [band] Porter was a Mexican indie rock band based in Guadalajara, Mexico. Despite their uncommon sound the band got decent radio airplay on important broadcasting stations, their videos: "Espiral", "Daphne" and "Host of a Ghost" had a good reception in music video channels. "Daphne" was plac...
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4. Porter
   A single engined turbine aircraft carrying up to ten jumpers
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5. porter
   [n] - United States writer of novels and short stories (1890-1980) 2. [n] - United States composer and lyricist of musical comedies (1891-1946) 3. [n] - American writer of short stories whose pen name was O. Henry (1862-1910) 4. [n] - a person employed to carry luggage and supplie...
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6. porter
   thought to originate from the mix of sour and young beer drunk by porters working in the London stations and docks. Nowadays taken to mean a dark bitter beer, half way between a bitter and a stout
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7. porter
   a week stout that is rich in saccharine matter and contains about four per cent of alcohol Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries • it carries the threads necessary for the cloth ground Category: Various industries and crafts
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8. Porter
   Por'ter noun [ French portier , Latin portarius , from porta a gate, door. See Port a gate.] A man who has charge of a door or gate; a doorkeeper; one who waits at the door to receive messages. Shak. « To him th...
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9. Porter
   Por'ter noun [ French porteur , from porter to carry, Latin portare . See Port to carry.] 1. A carrier; one who carries or conveys burdens, luggage, etc.; for hire. 2. (Forging) A bar of iron or steel...
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10. porter
    A membrane protein that functions to transport substances into and out of the cell. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...
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11. porter
    porter`s beer noun a very dark sweet ale brewed from roasted unmalted barley
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12. porter
    noun a person employed to carry luggage and supplies
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13. porter
    noun a railroad employee who assists passengers (especially on sleeping cars)
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14. Porter
    O. Henry noun United States writer of short stories whose pen name was O. Henry (1862-1910)
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15. Porter
    Cole Albert Porter noun United States composer and lyricist of musical comedies (1891-1946)
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16. Porter
    noun United States writer of novels and short stories (1890-1980)
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17. Porter
    • (n.) A bar of iron or steel at the end of which a forging is made; esp., a long, large bar, to the end of which a heavy forging is attached, and by means of which the forging is lifted and handled in hammering and heating; -- called also porter bar. • (n.) A carrier; one who carries or c...
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18. porter
    (from the article `holy order`) any of several grades in the ordained ministry of some of the Christian churches, comprising at various times the major orders of bishop, priest, ...
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19. porter
    (from the article `beer`) ...gave the best-quality beer, called strong beer, and a third extract yielded the poorest-quality beer, called small beer. In the 18th century, ...
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20. Porter
    Porter is a French boy name. The meaning of the name is `Door Guard, gate-keeper.` Where is it used? The name Porter is mainly used In English. Porter appears In 2007`s top-1000 name list at rank 476.. 1880 was a `top year` for the name Porter. (Based on 128 years of name history) In that year i...
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21. porter
    porter A person whose employment is to carry burdens; now especially a servant of a railway company, or airport, employed to carry luggage at a station or airport.
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22. Porter
    [lunar crater] The crater is somewhat worn in appearance, in comparison with the younger and sharper-edged Rutherfurd to the south along the southeastern rim of Clavius. There is a double central peak located just to the southwest of the mid-point. A small craterlet lies along the northweste...
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23. Porter
    Porter (Stout) is a dark type of beer which originated in London in 1722.
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24. Porter
    [MBTA station] MBTA Subway: 250 (Commuter rail) Porter is an MBTA Commuter Rail Fitchburg Line and Red Line subway station located at Porter Square in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The station, positioned at the intersection of Massachusetts Avenue and Somerville Avenue, serves northern Cambridg...
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25. Porter
    [college] The majority of colleges at the universities of Cambridge, Durham and Oxford, as well as newer collegiate universities such as York and older universities like University of Bristol and St David`s College, have members of staff called porters. There is normally a head porter and a ...
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