Proper noun
Portier (plural Portiers)
A surname from French, equivalent to English Porter.
The Bishop Portier House and the Carlen House are two of the many surviving examples of Creole cottages in the city. Source: Internet
Paul Beaudry and Franck Portier, "The French depression in the 1930s." Source: Internet
Paul Beaudry and Franck Portier, "The French Depression in the 1930s," Review of Economic Dynamics (2002) 5:73–99 doi:10.1006/redy.2001.0143 By contrast to the mild economic upheaval, the political upheaval was enormous. Source: Internet
William L. Portier has stated that the consistency in the references by Tacitus, Josephus and the letters to Emperor Trajan by Pliny the Younger reaffirm the validity of all three accounts. Source: Internet