Porter 140937 225490898 2008-07-13T23:44:36Z R. fiend 55767 /* Things */ {{wiktionary}} '''[[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]] {{disambig}} [[de:Porter]] [[es:Porter]] [[fr:Porter]] [[it:Porter]] [[nl:Porter]] [[ja:ポーター]] [[pl:Porter]] [[ru:Портер (значения)]] [[simple:Porter]] [[vo:Porter]]