Porter may refer to:

Companies

Porter Airlines Porter Airlines (stylized in all lowercase as porter) is a regional airline headquartered at Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport on the Toronto Islands in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Owned by Porter Aviation Holdings, formerly known as REGCO Holdin ...

, Canadian regional airline based in Toronto * Porter Chemical Company, a defunct U.S. toy manufacturer of chemistry sets *

Porter Motor Company The Porter Motor Company was an early American steam automobile manufacturer based in Allston, Massachusetts.Clymer, Floyd. ''Treasury of Early American Automobiles, 1877-1925'' (New York: Bonanza Books, 1950), p.13. Major Dane Porter (first name ...

, 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 porter, also called a bearer, is a person who carries objects or cargo for others. The range of services conducted by porters is extensive, from shuttling luggage aboard a train (a railroad porter) to bearing heavy burdens at altitude in i ...

, 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 The Groom Porter was an office at the royal court of the monarch of Britain, who had "the Inspection of the King's Lodgings, and takes care that they are provided with Tables, Chairs, Firing, &c. As also to provide Cards, Dice, &c. when there is ...

, official in charge of gambling in the Tudor court; the owner or operator of a gaming hall *

Hospital porter Hospital porters are employed to move patients between wards and departments and to move goods and vital supplies including medical equipment, linen, blood, and samples. This is generally not regarded as skilled work, it attracts little attention a ...

, 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 Malone-Porter was a census-designated place (CDP) in Grays Harbor County, Washington, United States. The population was 473 at the 2000 census. For the 2010 census the area was split into two CDPs, Malone and Porter, two small towns located just ...

* Porter, Indiana *

Porter, Maine Porter is a town in Oxford County, Maine, United States. It is included in the Portland- South Portland-Biddeford, Maine metropolitan New England City and Town Area. Porter includes Porter village and part of Kezar Falls. The population was 1,60 ...

* 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) Porter Township is the name of some places in the U.S. state of Michigan: * Porter Township, Cass County, Michigan * Porter Township, Midland County, Michigan * Porter Township, Van Buren County, Michigan Porter Township is a civil township of ...

(three places) *

Porter Township, Pennsylvania (disambiguation) Porter Township is the name of some places in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania: *Porter Township, Clarion County, Pennsylvania * Porter Township, Clinton County, Pennsylvania * Porter Township, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania *Porter Township, Jeffer ...

(seven places)

Space

* Porter (lunar crater) *

Porter (Martian crater) Porter is a large-scale impact crater in the Thaumasia quadrangle on the planet Mars, situated in Aonia Terra at 50.8° south and 113.9º west. The impact caused a bowl across. The name was chosen in 1973 by the International Astronomical Unio ...

Vehicles

* Hyundai Porter, a pickup truck *

Mazda Porter The Mazda Porter and Porter Cab are a series of small kei trucks that were produced from 1961 to 1989 (as the B360/B600 until 1968) by Mazda, mainly for sale in the domestic Japanese market. Export versions of the Porter were labelled E360. The Port ...

, a series of small trucks *

Piaggio Porter The Piaggio Porter is a cab over microvan and pick-up produced and sold by the Italian company Piaggio since 1992 under the ''Piaggio Commercial Vehicle'' brand. First generation (1992) Development The collaboration project between Piaggio and ...

, 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 (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