Coolie vs. Porter: What's the Difference?

An unskilled Asian laborer.

A person employed to carry burdens, especially an attendant who carries travelers' baggage at a hotel or transportation station.

An unskilled Asian worker, usually of Chinese or Indian descent; a labourer; a porter. Coolies were frequently transported to other countries in the 19th and early 20th centuries as indentured labourers.

A railroad employee who waits on passengers in a sleeping car or parlor car.

An Indian or a person of Indian descent.

A maintenance worker for a building or institution.

Same as Cooly.

One in charge of a gate or door.

An offensive name for an unskilled Asian laborer

A dark beer resembling light stout, made from malt browned or charred by drying at a high temperature.

A person who carries luggage and related objects.

(entomology) An ant having the specialized role of carrying.

(computing) One who ports software (makes it usable on another platform).

A person in control of the entrance to a building.

(bowling) An employee who clears and cleans tables and puts bowling balls away.

(beer) A strong, dark ale, originally favored by porters (etymology 1, sense 1), similar to a stout but less strong.

Stout (malt brew).

To serve as a porter; to carry.

A man who has charge of a door or gate; a doorkeeper; one who waits at the door to receive messages.

A carrier; one who carries or conveys burdens, luggage, etc.; for hire.

A bar of iron or steel at the end of which a forging is made; esp., a long, large bar, to the end of which a heavy forging is attached, and by means of which the forging is lifted and handled in hammering and heating; - called also porter bar.

A malt liquor, of a dark color and moderately bitter taste, possessing tonic and intoxicating qualities.

A person employed to carry luggage and supplies

Someone who guards an entrance

United States writer of novels and short stories (1890-1980)

United States composer and lyricist of musical comedies (1891-1946)

United States writer of short stories whose pen name was O. Henry (1862-1910)

A railroad employee who assists passengers (especially on sleeping cars)

A very dark sweet ale brewed from roasted unmalted barley

Carry luggage or supplies;