commissionaire
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of commissionaire
1755–65; < French commissionnaire; 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
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
She was fully three-quarters of an hour away, but she was a very transfigured maiden when the commissionaire opened the door of the brougham for her.
From Here and Hereafter by Pain, Barry
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