a person in uniform whose job is to stand at the entrance to a hotel, etc. and open the door for visitors, find them taxis, etc. see also doormanTopics Holidaysc2(在旅館等門口爲來賓開門、叫出租車等的)穿制服的看門人,門童 Word Originmid 17th cent.: from French, from medieval Latin commissarius ‘person in charge’, from Latin committere ‘entrust’(in medieval Latin ‘put into custody’), from com- ‘with’ + mittere ‘put or send’.