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plural dvorniks
(archaic) A doorman, porter, janitor, or groundskeeper in a Russian household quotations
Go to my dvornik and help him to remove the dung. I will pay you.
1901, Maxim Gorky, The Man Who Was Afraid
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.
1911, Joseph Conrad, Under Western Eyes
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.
1912, Mary Antin, Promised Land