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portoure — portour, portoure obs. ff. porter, porture … Useful english dictionary
porter — {{11}}porter (1) person who carries, mid 13c., from Anglo Fr. portour, O.Fr. porteor, from L.L. portatorem (acc. portator) one who carries, from L. portare to carry (see PORT (Cf. port) (1)). {{12}}porter (2) doorkeeper, ja … Etymology dictionary
porter — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French, from Late Latin portarius, from Latin porta gate more at port Date: 13th century chiefly British a person stationed at a door or gate to admit or assist those entering II. noun Etymology:… … New Collegiate Dictionary
Chalcides Striatus — Scinque à trois doigts … Wikipédia en Français
Chalcides striatus — Scinque à trois doigts … Wikipédia en Français
Ophisops elegans — Ophisops elegans … Wikipédia en Français
porter — porter1 /pawr teuhr, pohr /, n. 1. a person hired to carry burdens or baggage, as at a railroad station or a hotel. 2. a person who does cleaning and maintenance work in a building, factory, store, etc. 3. an attendant in a railroad parlor car or … Universalium
Ophisops elegans — Ophisops elegans … Wikipédia en Français
porter — English has two distinct words porter, one for a ‘person who carries things’ [14] and the other for a ‘door attendant’ [13]. The former comes via Old French portour from medieval Latin portātor, a derivative of Latin portāre ‘carry’ (source of… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
porter — I por•ter [[t]ˈpɔr tər, ˈpoʊr [/t]] n. 1) a person hired to carry packages or baggage, as at a railroad station or a hotel 2) a person who does cleaning and maintenance work in a building, factory, store, etc 3) rai an attendant in a railroad… … From formal English to slang
