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
At the far end a commissionaire was directing people.
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
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
He remembered the commissionaire being sent for: he saw the bundle of bank-notes brought back from the bank, and he remembers the old gentleman very well.
From The Ivory Gate, a new edition by Besant, Walter, Sir
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