porter

B2 · Upper Intermediate Countable noun British English

n. a person who guards the entrance of a large building, like a hospital or college, and helps visitors.

n. an employee in charge of the entrance and maintenance of a large institution or residential building.

“If you lose your keys, you should ask the college porter for a spare set.”

“The hospital porter directed the visitors toward the maternity ward before returning to his desk to monitor the security cameras.”

C2 · Proficiency Countable noun Computing Technical

n. a person who adapts software so that it can work on a different type of computer or system.

n. a programmer who performs the porting of software from one hardware or operating system environment to another.

“The lead porter spent months making sure the game worked perfectly on the new console.”

“As a specialist porter, she was tasked with migrating the legacy database architecture to a modern cloud-based infrastructure.”