doorkeeper meaning and definition

DOORKEEPER noun

Definition of doorkeeper (noun)

1. an official stationed at the entrance of a courtroom or legislative chamber
   • synonyms: usher
2. the lowest of the minor Holy Orders in the unreformed Western Church but now suppressed by the Roman Catholic Church
   • synonyms: ostiarius, ostiary
3. someone who guards an entrance
   • synonyms: door guard, doorman, gatekeeper, hall porter, ostiary, porter