doorkeeper

Meanings

Plural: doorkeepers

Noun

• an official stationed at the entrance of a courtroom or legislative chamber
• the lowest of the minor Holy Orders in the unreformed Western Church but now suppressed by the Roman Catholic Church
• someone who guards an entrance
• The person in charge of an entryway, sometimes just a doorman, sometimes responsible for security in the immediate area of the entryway, similar to a bouncer.

Synonyms

concierge, door guard, doorman, gatekeeper, hall porter, ostiarius, ostiary, porter, usher