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People:

• Porter (name) is an English surname or given name.

Occupations:

• Porter (railroad), railroad employee who assists passengers
• Porter (carrier), person who carries objects
• Porter (college), member of staff in many of the colleges of the Universities of Cambridge, Oxford, and Durham
• Porter (doorkeeper), one of the minor orders of the Roman Catholic ministry; doorkeeper or gatekeeper
• Deal porter, dockworker specializing in handling baulks of softwood
• Groom Porter, official in charge of gambling in the Tudor court; the owner or operator of a gaming hall

Places:

• Canada
  • Porters Lake, Nova Scotia
• United Kingdom
  • Porter Brook, river in Sheffield, England
• United States
  • Malone-Porter, Washington
  • Porter, Indiana
  • Porter, Maine
  • Porter, Minnesota
  • Porter, New York
  • Porter, Oklahoma
  • Porter, Texas
  • Porter, West Virginia
  • Porter, Wisconsin
  • Porter County, Indiana
  • Porter Heights, Texas
  • Porter Township, Michigan (three places)
  • Porter Township, Pennsylvania (seven places)
  • Porter Square, in Cambridge, Massachusetts
• Space
  • Porter (lunar crater)
  • Porter (Martian crater)

Other:

• Porter (beer), type of beer
• H. K. Porter, Inc, locomotive manufacturer
• Hyundai Porter, pickup truck
• Miss Porter's School, in Farmington, Connecticut
• Pilatus PC-6 Porter, Swiss aircraft
• Porter (band), Mexican indie band
• Porter 5 forces analysis, framework for industry analysis and business strategy development
• Porter generic strategies
• Porter Airlines, Canadian low-cost airline
• Porter College, residential college at the University of California, Santa Cruz
• Porter Motor Company, defunct U.S. car manufacturer
• Porter's Regiment, American Revolutionary War soldiers under a Colonel Porter
• Porter Raymond, Singer/Songwriter from Aberdeen, Scotland, UK. Winner of "Golden KIAC award for best "Easy Listening" song of 2006 for "You Were The One Who Loved Me As I Am".Media:myspace.com/raymondgporter Media:Reverbnation.com/rayporter

See also

• Portage

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