# Porter

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**Porter** may refer to:

## Companies

- [Porter Airlines](/source/Porter_Airlines), Canadian airline based in Toronto
- [Porter Chemical Company](/source/Porter_Chemical_Company), a defunct U.S. toy manufacturer of chemistry sets
- [Porter Motor Company](/source/Porter_Motor_Company), defunct U.S. car manufacturer
- [H.K. Porter, Inc.](/source/H.K._Porter,_Inc.), a locomotive manufacturer
- [Porter,](/source/Porter_(company)) Indian on-demand logistics company

## People

- [Porter (name)](/source/Porter_(name)), an English surname and given name (including a list of persons with the name)

## Occupations

- [Porter (carrier)](/source/Porter_(carrier)), a person who carries objects
- [Porter (college)](/source/Porter_(college)), a member of staff in many of the colleges of the Universities of Cambridge, Lancaster, Oxford and Durham
- [Porter (railroad)](/source/Porter_(railroad)), a railroad employee who assists passengers at stations
- [Porter (monastery)](/source/Porter_(monastery)), the monk appointed to be the one who interacts with the public
- [Pullman porter](/source/Pullman_porter), a railroad employee who assists passengers on sleeping cars
- [Deal porter](/source/Deal_porter), a dockworker specializing in handling baulks of softwood
- [Doorman (profession)](/source/Doorman_(profession)), American English for the occupation known in British English as porter
- [Groom Porter](/source/Groom_Porter), official in charge of gambling in the Tudor court; the owner or operator of a gaming hall
- [Hospital porter](/source/Hospital_porter), an assistant in a hospital
- Kitchen porter, a *plongeur* or *marmiton*, [position in the *Brigade de cuisine*](/source/Brigade_de_cuisine#List_of_positions) of a commercial kitchen
- [Ostiarius](/source/Ostiarius), formerly known as doorkeeper or porter, one of the minor orders of the Roman Catholic ministry
- [Bar-back](/source/Bar-back), sometimes known as porter, a bartender's assistant

## Places

### United Kingdom

- [Porter Brook](/source/Porter_Brook), river in Sheffield, England
- The [Little Don River](/source/Little_Don_River) also known as the Porter, a tributary of the River Don in South Yorkshire, England

### United States

- [Malone-Porter, Washington](/source/Malone-Porter,_Washington)
- [Porter, Indiana](/source/Porter,_Indiana)
- [Porter, Maine](/source/Porter,_Maine)
- [Porter, Minnesota](/source/Porter,_Minnesota)
- [Porter, Missouri](/source/Porter,_Missouri)
- [Porter, New York](/source/Porter,_New_York)
- [Porter, Ohio](/source/Porter,_Ohio)
- [Porter, Oklahoma](/source/Porter,_Oklahoma)
- [Porter, Texas](/source/Porter,_Texas)
- [Porter, West Virginia](/source/Porter,_West_Virginia)
- [Porter, Wisconsin](/source/Porter,_Wisconsin), a town
- [Porter County, Indiana](/source/Porter_County,_Indiana)
- [Porter Heights, Texas](/source/Porter_Heights,_Texas)
- [Porter's Mills, Wisconsin](/source/Porter's_Mills,_Wisconsin), a ghost town
- [Porter Square](/source/Porter_Square), in Cambridge, Massachusetts - [Porter (MBTA station)](/source/Porter_(MBTA_station)), at that square
- [Porter Township, Michigan (disambiguation)](/source/Porter_Township,_Michigan_(disambiguation)) (three places)
- [Porter Township, Pennsylvania (disambiguation)](/source/Porter_Township,_Pennsylvania_(disambiguation)) (seven places)

### Space

- [Porter (lunar crater)](/source/Porter_(lunar_crater))
- [Porter (Martian crater)](/source/Porter_(Martian_crater))

## Vehicles

- [Hyundai Porter](/source/Hyundai_Porter), a pickup truck
- [Mazda Porter](/source/Mazda_Porter), a series of small trucks
- [Piaggio Porter](/source/Piaggio_Porter), electric van
- [Pilatus PC-6 Porter](/source/Pilatus_PC-6_Porter), Swiss aircraft
- [Porter Gyropachute](/source/Porter_Gyropachute), a 1910s VTOL aircraft

## Other uses

- [Porter (band)](/source/Porter_(band)), a Mexican indie band
- [Porter (beer)](/source/Porter_(beer)), a type of beer
- [*Porter* (magazine)](/source/Porter_(magazine)), a fashion publication
- [The Porter (horse)](/source/The_Porter_(horse)), an American Thoroughbred racehorse and leading sire
- [*The Porter* (TV series)](/source/The_Porter_(TV_series)), a Canadian television series that debuted in 2022
- [Porter College](/source/Porter_College), a residential college at the University of California, Santa Cruz
- Porter, a [character in the *Thomas and Friends* TV series](/source/Railway_engines_(Thomas_%26_Friends)#Porter)
- Porter, a character in the play *[Macbeth](/source/Macbeth)*

## See also

- [Port (disambiguation)](/source/Port_(disambiguation))
- [Miss Porter's School](/source/Miss_Porter's_School), also known as Porter's, a school in Connecticut, United States
- [Porter's Regiment](/source/Porter's_Regiment), American Revolutionary War soldiers under Colonel Porter
- [Porters (disambiguation)](/source/Porters_(disambiguation))

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