An official stationed at the entrance of a courtroom or legislative chamber.

synonym: usher.

Dutch: plaatsaanwijzer
Polish: woźny

The lowest of the minor Holy Orders in the unreformed Western Church but now suppressed by the Roman Catholic Church.

synonyms: ostiarius, ostiary.

Someone who guards an entrance.

synonyms: door guard, doorman, gatekeeper, hall porter, ostiary, porter.

Roget 263: stopper, stopple; plug, cork, bung, spike, spill, stopcock, tap; rammer^†; ram, ramrod; piston; stop-gap; wadding, stuffing, padding, stopping, dossil^†, pledget^†, tompion^†, tourniquet.    cover etc. 223; valve, vent peg, spigot, slide valve.    janitor, doorkeeper, porter, warder, beadle, cerberus, ostiary^†.    ... show more

Dutch: baanwachter, conciërge, huisbewaarder, overwegwachter, portier, spoorwachter
Polish: odźwierny