desk clerk

noun

US and Canadian a hotel receptionistAlso called: clerk

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Examples from the Web for desk clerk

Historical Examples

You're a desk-clerk, and you write all day long, standing at a desk.
The Gold Bag
Carolyn Wells
And it was just at the moment when Mr. Smith said this that Billy, the desk-clerk, entered the room with the telegram in his hand.
Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town
Stephen Leacock
Bruce took the yellow envelope which the desk-clerk handed him and looked at it with a feeling of dread.
The Man from the Bitter Roots
Caroline Lockhart
The woman should make her way immediately to the desk-clerk, register, and then follow the page assigned to her, to her room.
Book of Etiquette, Volume 2
Lillian Eichler Watson

desk clerk

Examples from the Web for desk clerk

Historical Examples

You're a desk-clerk, and you write all day long, standing at a desk.

And it was just at the moment when Mr. Smith said this that Billy, the desk-clerk, entered the room with the telegram in his hand.

Bruce took the yellow envelope which the desk-clerk handed him and looked at it with a feeling of dread.

The woman should make her way immediately to the desk-clerk, register, and then follow the page assigned to her, to her room.