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Por⋅ter

[pawr-ter, pohr-]
–noun
1. Cole, 1893–1964, U.S. composer.
2. David, 1780–1843, U.S. naval officer.
3. his son, David Dix⋅on [dik-suhn] , 1813–91, Union naval officer in the Civil War.
4. Edwin Stanton, 1870–1941, U.S. film director.
5. Gene (Gene Stratton Porter), 1868–1924, U.S. novelist.
6. Sir George, 1920–2002, British chemist: Nobel prize 1967.
7. Katherine Anne, 1890–1980, U.S. writer.
8. Noah, 1811–92, U.S. educator, writer, and lexicographer.
9. Rodney Robert, 1917–85, British biochemist: Nobel prize for medicine 1972.
10. William Sydney (“O. Henry”), 1862–1910, U.S. short-story writer.
11. a male given name.
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Word Origin & History

porter  (3)
"dark beer," 1727, as porter's ale, from porter (1), because the beer was made for porters and other laborers, being cheap and strong.
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Medical Dictionary

Porter Por·ter (pôr'tər), Rodney Robert. Born 1917.

British biochemist. He shared a 1972 Nobel Prize for his research on the chemical structure and nature of antibodies.

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Science Dictionary
Porter   (pôr'tər)  Pronunciation Key 
British biochemist who shared with George Edelman the 1972 Nobel Prize for physiology or medicine for their study of the chemical structure of antibodies.
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