porter1

 
Pronunciation: /ˈpɔːtə/

noun

  • 1a person employed to carry luggage and other loads, especially in a railway station, airport, hotel, or market.
  • (also hospital porter) a hospital employee who moves equipment or patients.
  • a person employed to carry supplies on a mountaineering expedition.
  • North American a sleeping-car attendant.
  • 2 [mass noun] dark brown bitter beer brewed from malt partly charred or browned by drying at a high temperature: a nice pint of porter [count noun]: the company produces a bottle-conditioned porter
    [originally made as a drink for porters]

Origin:

Middle English: from Old French porteour, from medieval Latin portator, from Latin portare 'carry'