Porter

Porter may refer to:

Companies

• Porter Airlines, Canadian airline based in Toronto
• Porter Chemical Company, a defunct U.S. toy manufacturer of chemistry sets
• Porter Motor Company, defunct U.S. car manufacturer
• H.K. Porter, Inc., a locomotive manufacturer

People

• Porter (name), an English surname and given name (including a list of persons with the name)

Occupations

• Porter (carrier), a person who carries objects
• Porter (college), a member of staff in many of the colleges of the Universities of Cambridge, Lancaster, Oxford and Durham
• Porter (railroad), a railroad employee who assists passengers at stations
• Porter (monastery), the monk appointed to be the one who interacts with the public
• Pullman porter, a railroad employee who assists passengers on sleeping cars
• Deal porter, a dockworker specializing in handling baulks of softwood
• Doorman (profession), American English for the occupation known in British English as porter
• Groom Porter, official in charge of gambling in the Tudor court; the owner or operator of a gaming hall
• Hospital porter, an assistant in a hospital
• Kitchen porter, a plongeur or marmiton, position in the Brigade de cuisine of a commercial kitchen
• Ostiarius, formerly known as doorkeeper or porter, one of the minor orders of the Roman Catholic ministry
• Bar-back, sometimes known as porter, a bartender's assistant

Places

United Kingdom

• Porter Brook, river in Sheffield, England
• The Little Don River also known as the Porter, a tributary of the River Don in South Yorkshire, England

United States

• Malone-Porter, Washington
• Porter, Indiana
• Porter, Maine
• Porter, Minnesota
• Porter, Missouri
• Porter, New York
• Porter, Ohio
• Porter, Oklahoma
• Porter, Texas
• Porter, West Virginia
• Porter, Wisconsin, a town
• Porter County, Indiana
• Porter Heights, Texas
• Porter's Mills, Wisconsin, a ghost town
• Porter Square, in Cambridge, Massachusetts
  • Porter (MBTA station), at that square
• Porter Township, Michigan (disambiguation) (three places)
• Porter Township, Pennsylvania (disambiguation) (seven places)

Space

• Porter (lunar crater)
• Porter (Martian crater)

Vehicles

• Hyundai Porter, a pickup truck
• Mazda Porter, a series of small trucks
• Piaggio Porter, electric van
• Pilatus PC-6 Porter, Swiss aircraft

Other uses

• Porter (band), a Mexican indie band
• Porter (beer), a type of beer
• Porter (magazine), a fashion publication
• The Porter (2004 film), a film displaying the Mercedes-Benz CLS
• The Porter (horse), an American Thoroughbred racehorse and leading sire
• The Porter (TV series), a Canadian television series that debuted in 2022
• Porter College, a residential college at the University of California, Santa Cruz
• Porter, a character in the Thomas and Friends TV series
• Porter, a character in the play Macbeth

See also

• Port (disambiguation)
• Miss Porter's School, also known as Porter's, a school in Connecticut, United States
• Porter's Regiment, American Revolutionary War soldiers under Colonel Porter
• Porters (disambiguation)

1. Kim Porter
2. Jontay Porter
3. Cole Porter
4. John Porter-Porter
5. Scott Porter
6. Lucy Porter
7. Shawn Porter
8. Porter (beer)
9. Billy Porter
10. Porter Airlines
11. Denaun Porter
12. Eric Porter
13. Gail Porter
14. John Porter
15. Gregory Porter
16. Arnold & Porter
17. Porter Township, Michigan
18. Katie Porter
19. Kevin Porter
20. Porter station