An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
DOORKEEPER
doorkeeper, doorman, door guard, hall porter, porter, gatekeeper, ostiary
(noun) someone who guards an entrance
doorkeeper, ostiary, ostiarius
(noun) the lowest of the minor Holy Orders in the unreformed Western Church but now suppressed by the Roman Catholic Church
usher, doorkeeper
(noun) an official stationed at the entrance of a courtroom or legislative chamber
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
doorkeeper (plural doorkeepers)
The person in charge of an entryway, sometimes just a doorman, sometimes something more.
Source: Wiktionary
Door"keep`er, n.
Definition: One who guards the entrance of a house or apartment; a porter; a janitor.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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