Doorman

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, hall porter). Specific uses include:

== Professions == Doorman (profession), hired to provide courtesy and security services at a residential building or hotel Bouncer, a person employed by a nightclub or similar establishment to prevent troublemakers from entering or to eject them from the premises Usher (occupation), often ceremonial Ostiarius, ecclesiastical minor order Doorkeeper (Houses of Parliament), badged officer of the United Kingdom Houses of Parliament Doorkeeper of the United States House of Representatives