concierge

[kon-see-airzh; French kawn-syerzh]

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noun, plural con·cierges

[-see-air-zhiz; French -syerzh] /-siˈɛər ʒɪz; French -ˈsyɛrʒ/

(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.

adjective

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.

Origin of concierge

1640–50; < French; Old French cumserges < Latin con- con- + serviēns present participle of servīre to serve

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Related Words for concierge

attendant, doorman, janitor, porter

Examples from the Web for concierge

Contemporary Examples of concierge

This was the case with M. Picard, the concierge at 21 rue La Boétie, who had worked there since 1931.
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Anne Sinclair
October 5, 2014
Amiigo feeds the data, but opens up a whole new opportunity for concierge gym services.
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August 4, 2014
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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Robert W. Chambers
February 20, 2014
But the higher price affords early registration for classes, a concierge service, and priority on wait lists.
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Filipa Ioannou
July 19, 2013
American Express Platinum is superb in these dire straits and their concierge service is the gold standard.
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Jolie Hunt
January 1, 2011

Historical Examples of concierge

The concierge receives you, and you see at once that her cheerful smile is assumed.
The Incomplete Amorist
E. Nesbit
"Altogether, monsieur," said the concierge, fingering the key of the drawer that held it.
The Incomplete Amorist
E. Nesbit
Mon petit Dame was waiting for me downstairs in the concierge's room.
My Double Life
Sarah Bernhardt
I ventured to question the concierge concerning his lodgers.
Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII. No. 3. March 1848
Various
There were three doors; the concierge opened the nearest to the landing.
Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII. No. 3. March 1848
Various

British Dictionary definitions for concierge

concierge

noun

(esp in France) a caretaker of a block of flats, hotel, etc, esp one who lives on the premises

Word Origin for concierge

C17: from French, ultimately from Latin conservus, from servus slave

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Word Origin and History for concierge

1640s, from French concierge "caretaker, doorkeeper, porter" (12c.), probably from Vulgar Latin *conservius, from Latin conservus "fellow slave," from com- "with" (see com-) + servius "slave" (see serve (v.)).