doorkeeper Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun an official stationed at the entrance of a courtroom or legislative chamber
    usher.
  2. noun the lowest of the minor Holy Orders in the unreformed Western Church but now suppressed by the Roman Catholic Church
    ostiary; ostiarius.
  3. noun someone who guards an entrance
    ostiary; gatekeeper; door guard; doorman; porter; hall porter.

WordNet

Door"keep`er noun
Definitions
  1. One who guards the entrance of a house or apartment; a porter; a janitor.

Webster 1913