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Doorkeeper vs Sexton - What's the difference?

doorkeeper | sexton |

As a noun doorkeeper

is the person in charge of an entryway, sometimes just a doorman, sometimes something more.

As a proper noun sexton is

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doorkeeper

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The person in charge of an entryway, sometimes just a doorman, sometimes something more.
  • * 1920 , Willa Cather, Youth and the Bright Medusa.
  • The manager at Carnegie Hall was told to get another usher in his stead; the doorkeeper at the theatre was warned not to admit him to the house; and Charley Edwards remorsefully promised the boy's father not to see him again.

    sexton

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A church official who looks after a church building and its graveyard and may act as a gravedigger and bell-ringer.
  • Synonyms

    * sacristan