doorkeeper

Example Sentences

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However, the report said a Parliamentary doorkeeper had witnessed the incident.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2022

The Senate post is officially called the sergeant-at-arms and doorkeeper, harking back to its 18th-century duties of keeping members inside the Capitol to conduct the business of government.

From Washington Post • Jan. 18, 2021

A doorkeeper came over and said something to him.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 28, 2020

To become a “sworn brother,” Bosch would have had to qualify as one of the four grades of minor orders, which were doorkeeper, reader, acolyte and exorcist.

From New York Times • Apr. 27, 2016

“He has either skill or power, or the doorkeeper wouldn’t have let him in. Why shouldn’t he show it, now as well as later? Right, Sparrowhawk?”

From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin