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'''[[Porter (name)|Porter]]''' is a common [[surname]] or [[given name]]; and it may also refer to:
In '''occupations''':
* [[Porter (railroad)]], railroad employee who assists passengers
* [[Porter (carrier)]], person who carries objects
* [[Porter (college)]], member of staff in many of the colleges of the Universities of Cambridge, Oxford, and Durham
* [[Porter (doorkeeper)]], one of the minor orders of the Roman Catholic ministry; doorkeeper or gatekeeper
* [[Deal porter]], dockworker specializing in handling baulks of softwood
* [[Groom Porter]], official in charge of gambling in the Tudor court; the owner or operator of a gaming hall
==People==
*[[Porter (name)]]
==Places==
*Canada
** [[Porters Lake, Nova Scotia]]
*United Kingdom
** [[Porter Brook]], river in Sheffield, England
*United States
** [[Malone-Porter, Washington]]
** [[Porter, Indiana]]
** [[Porter, Maine]]
** [[Porter, Minnesota]]
** [[Porter, New York]]
** [[Porter, Oklahoma]]
** [[Porter, Texas]]
** [[Porter, West Virginia]]
** [[Porter, Wisconsin]]
** [[Porter County, Indiana]]
** [[Porter Township, Michigan]] (three places)
** [[Porter Township, Pennsylvania]] (seven places)
** [[Porter Heights, Texas]]
*Space
** [[Porter (lunar crater)]]
** [[Porter (Martian crater)]]
==Things==
* [[Porter (beer)]], type of beer
* [[H. K. Porter, Inc]], locomotive manufacturer
* [[Hyundai Porter]], pickup truck
* [[Miss Porter's School]], in Farmington, Connecticut
* [[Pilatus PC-6|Pilatus PC-6 Porter]], Swiss aircraft
* [[Porter (band)]], Mexican indie band
* [[Porter 5 forces analysis]], framework for industry analysis and business strategy development
* [[Porter Airlines]], Canadian low-cost airline
* [[Porter College]], residential college at the University of California, Santa Cruz
* [[Porter Motor Company]], [[List of defunct United States automobile manufacturers|defunct U.S. car manufacturer]] <!-- <ref>Clymer, Floyd. ''Treasury of Early American Automobiles, 1877-1925'' (New York: Bonanza Books, 1950), p.13.</ref> -->
* [[Porter Square]], in Cambridge, Massachusetts
* [[Porter's Regiment]], American Revolutionary War soldiers under a Colonel Porter
== See also ==
* [[Portage]]
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