Doorman
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A doorman, also known as doorkeeper, is someone who is posted at, and often guards, a door, or by extension another entrance (specific similar terms exist, e.g. Gatekeeper
Gatekeeper
Gatekeeper or gatekeeping may refer to:* Gatekeeper , a professional boxer who is considered a test for aspiring boxers* Gatekeeping , a person or organization who manages or constrains a flow of knowledge...

, Hall porter)

Specific uses include:
  • Doorman (profession)
    Doorman (profession)
    A doorman is an individual hired to provide courtesy and security services at a residential building or hotel. They are particularly common in urban luxury highrises. At a residential building, a doorman is responsible for opening doors and screening visitors and deliveries...

  • Bouncer (doorman)
    Bouncer (doorman)
    A bouncer is an informal term for a type of security guard employed at venues such as bars, nightclubs or concerts to provide security, check legal age, and refuse entry to a venue based on criteria such as intoxication, aggressive behavior, or attractiveness...

    , mainly security
  • Usher
    Usher (occupation)
    Ushers assist visitors by formally showing the way in a large building or to their appropriate seats. This may coincide with a security role. The word comes from the French huissier, with the same meaning , ushers were servants or courtiers who showed or ushered visitors in and out of meetings in...

    , often ceremonial
  • Ostiary, ecclesiastical minor order
  • Doorkeeper badged officer of the United Kingdom Houses of Parliament
  • Doorkeeper of the United States House of Representatives
    Doorkeeper of the United States House of Representatives
    An appointed officer of the United States House of Representatives from 1789 to 1995, the Doorkeeper of the United States House of Representatives was chosen by a resolution at the opening of each United States Congress. The Office of the Doorkeeper was based on precedent from the Continental...

  • "Doorman" (song), a rock song by Stereophonics
    Stereophonics
    The Stereophonics are a Welsh rock band now living in turners x that formed in 1992 in the village of Cwmaman in Cynon Valley, Wales. The band currently comprises lead vocalist and guitarist Kelly Jones, bassist and backing vocalist Richard Jones, drummer Javier Weyler, guitarist and backing...

     from the album Language. Sex. Violence. Other?
    Language. Sex. Violence. Other?
    Language. Sex. Violence. Other? is the fifth studio album by Stereophonics, released March 14, 2005 . It received critical acclaim in the British music press, who had been hostile to the band in recent years, and notably the NME, whose reviews of the band's previous two albums had been harsh...


Persons

  • Doorman (surname)
    • Karel Doorman
      Karel Doorman
      Karel Willem Frederik Marie Doorman was a Dutch Rear Admiral who commanded ABDACOM Naval forces, a hastily-organized multinational naval force formed to defend the East Indies against an overwhelming Imperial Japanese attack. Doorman was killed and the main body of ABDACOM Naval forces destroyed...

       Dutch Rear Admiral who died in 1942 during the Battle of the Java Sea
      Battle of the Java Sea
      The Battle of the Java Sea was a decisive naval battle of the Pacific campaign of World War II, that sealed the fate of the Netherlands East Indies....

      .
  • Doorman (comics)
    Doorman (comics)
    Doorman is a fictional character, a superhero in the Marvel Comics universe that first appeared in the pages of the Avengers West Coast in 1989.-Fictional character biography:...

    , a Marvel Comics fictional superhero, a Second World War Dutch merchant ship
  • Doorman (Kunduz), a village in Kunduz Province in Afghanistan

See also

  • Chancellor
    Chancellor
    Chancellor is the title of various official positions in the governments of many nations. The original chancellors were the Cancellarii of Roman courts of justice—ushers who sat at the cancelli or lattice work screens of a basilica or law court, which separated the judge and counsel from the...

    , originally posted at a door post
  • The Bouncer
    The Bouncer
    is a beat 'em up for the Sony PlayStation 2 video game console. It was co-developed by Square and DreamFactory. The game features character designs by Tetsuya Nomura and music by Noriko Matsueda and Takahito Eguchi....

    , a Playstation 2 beat 'em up game
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