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• n  an official stationed at the entrance of a courtroom or legislative chamber
• n  the lowest of the minor Holy Orders in the unreformed Western Church but now suppressed by the Roman Catholic Church
• n  someone who guards an entrance

• The Capitol Police prepared to arrest the women, but the chief doorkeeper ordered them to leave them alone.
• A third entrepreneur arrived with a collection of black cloaks over his arm for renting to short-sleeved women judged by the doorkeeper insufficiently dressed to enter the .
• The aide familiar with Senate Democratic leaders' plans said if Burris tries to enter the Senate chamber, the Senate doorkeeper will stop Burris.

• usher
• ostiary
• ostiarius
• doorman
• door guard
• hall porter
• porter
• gatekeeper

News & Articles

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• Egypt chaos: Not everyone in Cairo is unhappy with the violence
  CAIRO, Egypt — As the Muslim Brotherhood sit-in outside Cairo’s Rabaa al-Adaweya mosque descended into chaos Wednesday— with police and army troops firing indiscriminately on thousands of protesters in broad daylight — Ragab Ahmed stood outside the building nearby where he works as a doorkeeper.
  Aug. 16, 2013 - New Haven Register

Quotes

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• Maria Wetterstrand in The Local
  I thought that the Centre Party would be a sensible doorkeeper for the environment in the government,said Wetterstrand, who said she was deeply disappointed in Olofsson and the Centre Party for everything from the wolf hunt and its decisions...