concierge
- (especially in France) a person who has charge of the entrance of a building and is often the owner's representative; doorkeeper.
- a member of a hotel staff in charge of special services for guests, as arranging for theater tickets or tours.
- an employee stationed in an apartment house lobby who screens visitors, controls operation of elevators, accepts deliveries to the tenants, etc.
- a janitor.
- Obsolete. a custodian or warden.
- pertaining to or being medical care for which the patient pays the doctor an annual fee for special or extra services: concierge medicine; concierge physicians.
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Contemporary Examples of concierge
This was the case with M. Picard, the concierge at 21 rue La Boétie, who had worked there since 1931.
Amiigo feeds the data, but opens up a whole new opportunity for concierge gym services.
Our concierge and his wife walked among them, with their black poodle, keeping order; some couples were waltzing on the sidewalk.
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February 20, 2014
But the higher price affords early registration for classes, a concierge service, and priority on wait lists.
American Express Platinum is superb in these dire straits and their concierge service is the gold standard.
Historical Examples of concierge
The concierge receives you, and you see at once that her cheerful smile is assumed.
The Incomplete AmoristE. Nesbit
"Altogether, monsieur," said the concierge, fingering the key of the drawer that held it.
The Incomplete AmoristE. Nesbit
Mon petit Dame was waiting for me downstairs in the concierge's room.
My Double LifeSarah Bernhardt
I ventured to question the concierge concerning his lodgers.
There were three doors; the concierge opened the nearest to the landing.
concierge
- (esp in France) a caretaker of a block of flats, hotel, etc, esp one who lives on the premises