Porter

  • 11Porter, MN — U.S. city in Minnesota Population (2000): 190 Housing Units (2000): 98 Land area (2000): 2.228835 sq. miles (5.772657 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.007818 sq. miles (0.020249 sq. km) Total area (2000): 2.236653 sq. miles (5.792906 sq. km) FIPS… …

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  • 12Porter, OK — U.S. town in Oklahoma Population (2000): 574 Housing Units (2000): 253 Land area (2000): 0.713642 sq. miles (1.848324 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.713642 sq. miles (1.848324 sq. km) FIPS… …

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  • 13Porter — Por ter, n. [F. portier, L. portarius, from porta a gate, door. See {Port} a gate.] A man who has charge of a door or gate; a doorkeeper; one who waits at the door to receive messages. Shak. [1913 Webster] To him the porter openeth. John x. 3.… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 14Porter [1] — Porter (v. engl. porter, »Lastträger«, weil es anfangs vorzüglich die Londoner Lastträger tranken), starkes, dunkles englisches Bier, dessen feinere Sorten in England stout, brown stout, double stout heißen, wird in der Regel vom Faß und mit Ale… …

    Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • 15porter — pòrter m <N mn portéri> DEFINICIJA ekon. donositelj, vlasnik vrijednosnih papira ETIMOLOGIJA engl. porter …

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  • 16Porter — (izg. pórter), Cole (1892 1964) DEFINICIJA američki kompozitor i tekstopisac zabavne glazbe s elementima jazza i mjuzikla (Anything Goes, Kiss Me Kate, Silk Stockings), jedan od najsofisticiranijih pisaca urbanog šlagera američke scene 1930 ih do …

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  • 17porter — Ⅰ. porter [1] ► NOUN 1) a person employed to carry luggage and other loads. 2) a hospital employee who moves equipment or patients. 3) dark brown bitter beer brewed from charred or browned malt. [ORIGIN: so called because it was originally made… …

    English terms dictionary

  • 18porter — porter1 [pôr′tər] n. [ME < OFr portier < LL portarius < L porta, gate: see PORT5] 1. a doorkeeper or gatekeeper 2. R.C.Ch. [Historical] R.C.Ch. Historical the lowest of the four minor orders porter2 [pôr′tər] n. [ME portour < …

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  • 19Porter [1] — Porter, Grafschaft im Staate Indiana (Nordamerika), an den Michigan See grenzend; 19 QM.; von den Kankakee u. Calumet Rivers durchflossen; große Prairien u. Waldungen; Producte: Weizen, Mais, Hafer; die Michigan Centralbahn, die Northern… …

    Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • 20Porter [2] — Porter, 1) Richard Kerr P., geb. 1780, Maler, machte 1819 eine Reise nach Georgien, Armenien u. Persien u. st. 1842 in St. Petersburg. Er schr.: Travels in Georgia, Persica, Armenia etc., deutsch, Weim. 1823. 2) Anna Maria, englische… …

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