Porter may refer to:

Companies

Porter Airlines Porter Airlines (stylized in Letter case#All lowercase, all lowercase as porter) is a Canadian airline headquartered at Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport in Toronto. It is the third largest airline in Canada, behind Air Canada and WestJet. Owned ...

, 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 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 porter is a railway employee. The role of a porter is to assist passengers at Train station, railway stations, and to handle the loading, unloading, and distribution of luggage and parcels. In the United States the term was formerly used for emp ...

, a railroad employee who assists passengers at stations *

Porter (monastery) In a monastery, the porter is the monk (or portress for a nun) appointed to be the one who interacts with the public. It is considered an important office, as the porter is the representative of the community to the outside world. The person is st ...

, the monk appointed to be the one who interacts with the public *

Pullman porter Pullman porters were men hired to work for the railroads as Porter (railroad), porters on sleeping cars. Starting shortly after the American Civil War, George Pullman sought out former slaves to work on his sleeper cars. Their job was to carry ...

, a railroad employee who assists passengers on sleeping cars * Deal porter, a dockworker specializing in handling baulks of softwood *

Doorman (profession) A doorman (or doorwoman/doorperson), also called a porter in British English, is a person hired to provide courtesy and security services at a residential building or hotel. They are common in urban luxury highrises. At a residential building, ...

, 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 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 ...

, an assistant in a hospital * Kitchen porter, a ''plongeur'' or ''marmiton'', position in the ''Brigade de cuisine'' of a commercial kitchen *

Ostiarius An ostiarius, a Latin word sometimes anglicized as ostiary but often literally translated as porter or doorman, originally was an enslaved person or guard posted at the entrance of a building, similarly to a gatekeeper. In the Roman Catholic C ...

, 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 The Little Don River also known as the Porter, is a tributary of the River Don, South Yorkshire, River Don in South Yorkshire, England. Arising on the Langsett, Langsett Moors in the northern Peak District, the Little Don River feeds the Langse ...

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, Grays Harbor County, Washington (state), Washington, United States. The population was 473 at the 2000 United States Census, 2000 census. For the 2010 United St ...

Porter, Indiana Porter is a town in Westchester Township, Porter County, Indiana, Westchester Township, Porter County, Indiana, Porter County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. The population was 5,210 as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. Porter is in t ...

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, ...

Porter, Minnesota Porter is a city in Yellow Medicine and Lincoln counties, Minnesota, United States. The population was 166 at the 2020 census. History Porter was platted in October 1881 when the Winona and St. Peter Railroad was extended to that point. It ...

Porter, Missouri Porter is an unincorporated community in Scott County, in the U.S. state of Missouri Missouri (''see #Etymology and pronunciation, pronunciation'') is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United S ...

Porter, New York Porter is a town in Niagara County, New York, United States. The population was 6,771 at the 2010 census. The town was named after Judge Augustus Porter. The Town of Porter lies in the northwest corner of Niagara County and is north of the ...

Porter, Ohio Porter is an unincorporated community in Gallia County, in the U.S. state of Ohio. History Porter was plat In the United States, a plat ( or ) (plan) is a cadastral map, drawn to scale, showing the divisions of a piece of land. United Sta ...

Porter, Oklahoma Porter is a town in Wagoner County, Oklahoma, United States. It promotes itself as "The Peach Capital of Oklahoma." The population was 566 at the 2010 census, a loss of 1.4 percent, compared to 574 at the 2000 census. Geography Porter is locate ...

Porter, Texas Porter is an unincorporated community in Montgomery County in Southeastern Texas, United States, within the metropolitan area. In 2010, its population was estimated at 25,769.Porter, West Virginia Porter is an unincorporated community in Clay County, West Virginia West Virginia is a mountainous U.S. state, state in the Southern United States, Southern and Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States.The Uni ...

Porter, Wisconsin The Town of Porter is a located in Rock County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 925 at the 2000 census. The unincorporated communities of Cooksville and Stebbinsville are located in the town. Geography According to the United Stat ...

, a town *

Porter County, Indiana Porter County is a county (United States), county in the U.S. state of Indiana. As of 2020, the population was 173,215, making it the 10th most populous county in Indiana. The county seat is Valparaiso, Indiana, Valparaiso. The county is part of ...

Porter Heights, Texas Porter Heights is a census-designated place (CDP) in Montgomery County, Texas, United States. The population was 1,903 at the 2020 census. Geography Porter Heights is located at (30.150324, -95.317496). According to the United States Census B ...

Porter's Mills, Wisconsin Porter's Mills, also called Porterville, was a logging boomtown in Eau Claire County, Wisconsin, United States, between Brunswick and Eau Claire, at 44° 46' 15" N 91° 34' 01" W. at an elevation of 771 feet. History The first sawmill at the ...

, a ghost town *

Porter Square Porter Square is a neighborhood in Cambridge and Somerville, Massachusetts, located around the intersection of Massachusetts Avenue and Somerville Avenue, between Harvard and Davis Squares. The Porter Square station serves both the MBTA Re ...

, 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 is a civil township of Cass County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 3,750 at the 2020 census. ...

(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, Jeff ...

(seven places)

Space

Porter (lunar crater) Porter is a Lunar craters, lunar impact crater that is located in the southern part of the Moon, and lies across the northeastern rim of the huge walled plain Clavius (crater), Clavius. Although generally circular, the form of this crater has bee ...

* Porter (Martian crater)

Vehicles

* Hyundai Porter, a pickup truck * Mazda Porter, a series of small trucks * Piaggio Porter, electric van *

Pilatus PC-6 Porter The Pilatus PC-6 Porter is a single-engined STOL utility aircraft designed by Pilatus Aircraft of Switzerland. First flown in 1959, the PC-6 was produced at Pilatus Flugzeugwerke in Stans, Switzerland. It has been built in both piston engine- ...

, Swiss aircraft * Porter Gyropachute, a 1910s VTOL aircraft

Other uses

* Porter (band), a Mexican indie band *

Porter (beer) Porter is a Beer style, style of beer that was developed in London in the early 18th century. It is well-hops, hopped and dark in appearance owing to the use of Mash ingredients#Brown malt, brown malt.Dornbusch, Horst, and Garrett Oliver. "Port ...

, 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 Benjamin F. Porter College, known colloquially as Porter College, is a residential college at the University of California, Santa Cruz. It is located on the lower west side of the university, south of Kresge College and north of Rachel Carson Coll ...

, 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 ''The Tragedy of Macbeth'', often shortened to ''Macbeth'' (), is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, estimated to have been first performed in 1606. It dramatises the physically violent and damaging psychological effects of political ambiti ...