Meaning of dvornik | Babel Free

Definitions

A doorman, porter, janitor, or groundskeeper in a Russian household

archaic

Examples

“Go to my dvornik and help him to remove the dung. I will pay you.”

“He reached the doorway of his house in a state of mental discouragement which enabled him to receive with apparent indifference an official-looking envelope from the dirty hand of the dvornik.”

“My mother kept a cook and a nursemaid, and a dvornik, or outdoor man, to take care of the horses, the cow, and the woodpile.”

CEFR level