commissionaire
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of commissionaire
1755–65; < French commissionnaire; see commission, -aire
Example Sentences
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He told local media that she had worked as a security guard at Northern Lights Casino and had also been a commissionaire officer.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2022
Another commissionaire explained where the toilets were and my mum told me to wait for her and Auntie Doreen outside the ladies and I went into the gents.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 16, 2012
To get into the main chamber we had to show our invitation to the commissionaire and my mum got into a panic because she thought she'd forgotten it.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 16, 2012
At the far end a commissionaire was directing people.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 16, 2012
As it happens, though, I saw my commissionaire, François Berthod, in Montreux, and he has a brother at St. Gingolph who owns one.
From Fordham's Feud by Mitford, Bertram
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