Commissionaire

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Chiefly British A uniformed attendant, such as a doorman.
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  • n. A uniformed doorman.
  • n. An undisclosed agent under European civil law.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. One intrusted with a commission, now only a small commission, as an errand; esp., an attendant or subordinate employee in a public office, hotel, or the like.
  • n. One of a corps of pensioned soldiers, as in London, employed as doorkeepers, messengers, etc.
  • n. a uniformed doorman.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. An attendant attached to hotels in continental Europe, who performs certain miscellaneous services, such as attending the arrival of railway-trains and steamboats to secure customers, looking after luggage, etc.
  • n. A kind of messenger or light porter in general; one intrusted with commissions. In some European cities (as in London) a corps of commissionaires has been organized, drawn from the ranks of military pensioners.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a uniformed doorman
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    hall porter    door guard    doorkeeper    gatekeeper    doorman   
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