commis

Historical Examples of commis

• I owe the commis, vhat you call it, fifteen cents for leedle tobac.

  Broke

  Edwin A. Brown

• Commis′sioner, one who holds a commission to perform some business: a member of a commission; Commis′sionership.

  Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D)

  Various

• Linschoten was "commis" on board, a post which included both the employment of supercargo and that of owners' commissioner.

  The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II

  A.E. Nordenskieold

• The rules are, however, generally enforced with great civility; but the commis was not civil.

  Rambles in the Islands of Corsica and Sardinia

  Thomas Forester

• To-day it is ignored by all save the commis voyageur and a comparatively small number of the genuine French touristes.

  The Cathedrals of Southern France

  Francis Miltoun