Coolie vs. Porter

Coolie and Porter Definitions
Coolie
An unskilled Asian laborer.
Porter
A person employed to carry burdens, especially an attendant who carries travelers' baggage at a hotel or transportation station.
Coolie
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.
Porter
A railroad employee who waits on passengers in a sleeping car or parlor car.
Coolie
An Indian or a person of Indian descent.
Porter
A maintenance worker for a building or institution.
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Coolie
Same as Cooly.
Porter
One in charge of a gate or door.
Coolie
An offensive name for an unskilled Asian laborer
Porter
A dark beer resembling light stout, made from malt browned or charred by drying at a high temperature.
Porter
A person who carries luggage and related objects.
By the time I reached the train station I was exhausted, but fortunately there was a porter waiting.
Porter
(entomology) An ant having the specialized role of carrying.
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Porter
(computing) One who ports software (makes it usable on another platform).
Porter
A person in control of the entrance to a building.
Porter
(bowling) An employee who clears and cleans tables and puts bowling balls away.
Porter
(beer) A strong, dark ale, originally favored by porters (etymology 1, sense 1), similar to a stout but less strong.
Porter
Stout (malt brew).
Porter
To serve as a porter; to carry.
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Porter
A man who has charge of a door or gate; a doorkeeper; one who waits at the door to receive messages.
To him the porter openeth.
Porter
A carrier; one who carries or conveys burdens, luggage, etc.; for hire.
Porter
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.
Porter
A malt liquor, of a dark color and moderately bitter taste, possessing tonic and intoxicating qualities.
Porter
A person employed to carry luggage and supplies
Porter
Someone who guards an entrance
Porter
United States writer of novels and short stories (1890-1980)
Porter
United States composer and lyricist of musical comedies (1891-1946)
Porter
United States writer of short stories whose pen name was O. Henry (1862-1910)
Porter
A railroad employee who assists passengers (especially on sleeping cars)
Porter
A very dark sweet ale brewed from roasted unmalted barley
Porter
Carry luggage or supplies;
They portered the food up Mount Kilimanjaro for the tourists