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desk clerk

British  

noun

  1. Also called: clerk.  a hotel receptionist

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The next day, De Castro returned to the hotel, identified himself to the front desk clerk as a guest and said he’d left his keys in his room, Wallace wrote.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 2, 2024

It is not clear whether the front desk clerk knew that two other guests had recently called 911 from Room 205.

From New York Times Jul. 30, 2022

Finally the front desk clerk told me I had a phone call.

From Salon Jun. 20, 2022

Upon checkout, the friendly desk clerk asked: “Did you have anything from the mini-bar?”

From Seattle Times Feb. 24, 2022

She repeats the name several times after the desk clerk keeps mishearing her.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

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