porteous

/ˈpɔːtɪəs/

porteous means A surname.

porteous is pronounced /ˈpɔːtɪəs/.

Etymology

Two possible origins: * A topographic surname for someone who lived in the lodge at the entrance to a manor house, from Middle English port (“gateway, entrance”) + hous (“house”). * From Anglo-Norman porteose (“porteous”), a metonymic occupational surname for a scribe employed in writing portable prayerbooks.

name

A surname.

noun

A portable breviary.e.g.“And in his hand his Portesse still he bare, / That much was worne, but therein little red, / For of deuotion he had little care [...].” — 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto IV”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:

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Words closest in meaning

By meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.

portuary 87% match — A portable breviary; a porteous. vs porteous →
portiforium 78% match — A breviary. vs porteous →
portass 77% match — A breviary; a prayer book. vs porteous →
portative 68% match — Portable. vs porteous →
breviary 65% match — A book containing prayers, hymns, and so on for everyday use at the canonical hours. vs porteous →
portatif 64% match — A portative organ. vs porteous →
portatile 59% match — portable vs porteous →
porterly 56% match — Characteristic of a porter. vs porteous →