Porter

Porter may refer to:

People

• Porter (name), an English surname or given name

Occupations

• 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
• Porter (railroad), railroad employee who assists passengers
• Deal porter, dockworker specializing in handling baulks of softwood
• Doorman (profession)
• Groom Porter, official in charge of gambling in the Tudor court; the owner or operator of a gaming hall
• Kitchen Porter, a junior assistant position in the Brigade de cuisine of a commercial kitchen

Places

Canada

• Porters Lake, Nova Scotia

United Kingdom

• Porter Brook, river in Sheffield, England

United States

• Malone-Porter, Washington
• Porter, California
• Porter, Indiana
• Porter, Maine
• Porter, Minnesota
• Porter, New York
• 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)

Other uses

• Porter Assay, a method to measure proanthocyanidin (OPC) content of a sample
• Porter (band), Mexican indie band
• Porter (beer), type of beer
• Porter Airlines, Canadian regional airline based in Toronto
• Porter Chemical Company, a defunct U.S. toy manufacturer of chemistry sets
• Porter College, residential college at the University of California, Santa Cruz
• Porter five forces analysis, framework for industry analysis and business strategy development
• Porter generic strategies
• Porter Motor Company, defunct U.S. car manufacturer
• Porter's Regiment, American Revolutionary War soldiers under a Colonel Porter
• H. K. Porter, Inc, a locomotive manufacturer
• Hyundai Porter, a pickup truck
• Miss Porter's School, in Farmington, Connecticut
• Piaggio Porter, electric van
• Pilatus PC-6 Porter, Swiss aircraft

See also

• Port