Porter

Last updated July 14, 2024

Porter may refer to:

Companies

Porter Airlines, Canadian airline based in Toronto
Porter Chemical Company, a defunct U.S. toy manufacturer of chemistry sets
Porter Motor Company, defunct U.S. car manufacturer
H.K. Porter, Inc., a locomotive manufacturer

People

Porter (name), an English surname and given name (including a list of persons with the name)

Occupations

Porter (carrier), a person who carries objects
Porter (college), a member of staff in many of the colleges of the Universities of Cambridge, Lancaster, Oxford and Durham
Porter (railroad), a railroad employee who assists passengers at stations
Porter (monastery), the monk appointed to be the one who interacts with the public
Pullman porter, a railroad employee who assists passengers on sleeping cars
Deal porter, a dockworker specializing in handling baulks of softwood
Doorman (profession), American English for the occupation known in British English as porter
Groom Porter, official in charge of gambling in the Tudor court; the owner or operator of a gaming hall
Hospital porter, an assistant in a hospital
Kitchen porter, a plongeur or marmiton, position in the Brigade de cuisine of a commercial kitchen
Ostiarius, formerly known as doorkeeper or porter, one of the minor orders of the Roman Catholic ministry
Bar-back, sometimes known as porter, a bartender's assistant

Places

United Kingdom

Porter Brook, river in Sheffield, England
The Little Don River also known as the Porter, a tributary of the River Don in South Yorkshire, England

United States

Malone-Porter, Washington
Porter, Indiana
Porter, Maine
Porter, Minnesota
Porter, Missouri
Porter, New York
Porter, Ohio
Porter, Oklahoma
Porter, Texas
Porter, West Virginia
Porter, Wisconsin, a town
Porter County, Indiana
Porter Heights, Texas
Porter's Mills, Wisconsin, a ghost town
Porter Square, in Cambridge, Massachusetts
- Porter (MBTA station), at that square
Porter Township, Michigan (disambiguation) (three places)
Porter Township, Pennsylvania (disambiguation) (seven places)

Space

Vehicles

Hyundai Porter, a pickup truck
Mazda Porter, a series of small trucks
Piaggio Porter, electric van
Pilatus PC-6 Porter, Swiss aircraft

Other uses

Porter (band), a Mexican indie band
Porter (beer), a type of beer
Porter (magazine), a fashion publication
The Porter (horse), an American Thoroughbred racehorse and leading sire
The Porter (TV series), a Canadian television series that debuted in 2022
Porter College, a residential college at the University of California, Santa Cruz
Porter, a character in the Thomas and Friends TV series
Porter, a character in the play Macbeth

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