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 Hold ...

, 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. H.K. Porter, Inc. (Porter) manufactured light-duty railroad locomotives in the US, starting in 1866. The company became the largest producer of industrial locomotives, and built almost eight thousand of them. The last locomotive was built in ...

, 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) The University of Edinburgh, the majority of colleges at the universities of Cambridge, Durham and Oxford, as well as newer collegiate universities such as Lancaster University York and older universities like University of Bristol and St Davi ...

, 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 railway stations, and to handle the loading, unloading, and distribution of luggage and parcels. In the United States the term was formerly used for employees who atte ...

, 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 ''Rule of S ...

, 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 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 passengers’ bag ...

, 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 particularly common in urban luxury highrises. At a residen ...

, 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 a ...

, 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 a servant or guard posted at the entrance of a building. See also gatekeeper. In the Roman Catholic Church, this "po ...

, 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 in South Yorkshire, England. Arising on the Langsett Moors in the northern Peak District, the Little Don River feeds the Langsett and Underbank Reservoirs. It ru ...

also known as the Porter, a tributary of the River Don in South Yorkshire, England

United States

* Malone-Porter, Washington *

Porter, Indiana Porter is a town in Westchester Township, Porter County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. The population was 4,858 at the 2010 census. Porter is in the Indiana Dunes ecosystem, which played a role in the creation of The Nature Conservancy, and i ...

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 1,600 ...

Porter, Minnesota Porter is a city in Yellow Medicine and Lincoln counties, Minnesota, United States. The population was 183 at the 2010 census. History Porter was platted in 1881 when the Winona and St. Peter Railroad was extended to that point. It was named ...

Porter, Missouri Porter is an unincorporated community in Scott County, in the U.S. state of Missouri Missouri is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking List of U.S. states and territories by a ...

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 Ci ...

* Porter, Ohio * Porter, Oklahoma *

Porter, Texas Porter is an unincorporated community in Montgomery County in southeastern Texas within the metropolitan area. In 2010, its population was estimated at 25,769.Porter, West Virginia *

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 State ...

, a town *

Porter County, Indiana Porter County is a 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. The county is part of Northwest Indiana, as well as the Chicago ...

* Porter Heights, Texas * Porter's Mills, Wisconsin, 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 Red Li ...

, in Cambridge, Massachusetts **

Porter (MBTA station) Porter is a Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) transit station in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It serves the Red Line rapid transit line, the MBTA Commuter Rail Fitchburg Line, and several MBTA bus lines. Located at Porter Square at ...

, 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 The Hyundai Porter (Hangul:현대 포터), also known as the Hyundai H-100, is a cabover truck produced by the South Korean manufacturer Hyundai since 1977. History First generation (1977–1981) The first generation, launched in January ...

, 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- an ...

, Swiss aircraft

Other uses

* Porter (band), a Mexican indie band *

Porter (beer) Porter is a style of beer that was developed in London, England in the early 18th century. It was well- hopped and dark in appearance owing to the use of brown malt.Dornbusch, Horst, and Garrett Oliver. "Porter." The Oxford Companion to 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 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 Col ...

, a residential college at the University of California, Santa Cruz *Porter, a character in the ''Thomas and Friends'' TV series