commissionaire

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
20
Words With Friends
24
Letters
14
Pronunciation
/kəˌmɪʃəˈnɛː/
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/kəˌmɪʃəˈnɛː/ · /kəˌmɪʃəˈnɛɹ/ · /kəˌmɪsjəˈnɛɹ/ · /kəˌmɪsjəˈneɪɹ/

Definition of commissionaire

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. One entrusted with a (small) commission, such as an errand; especially, an attendant or subordinate employee in a public office, hotel, etc.
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noun

  1. One entrusted with a (small) commission, such as an errand; especially, an attendant or subordinate employee in a public office, hotel, etc.
  2. (British)A uniformed doorman.
    “When the day came Nick turned up early at the bank and waited under a palm tree in the atrium. People hurried in, nodding to the commissionaire, who still wore a tailcoat and a top hat.”
  3. An undisclosed agent under European civil law.

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Etymology

Borrowed from French commissionaire, from Latin commissio. Doublet of commissioner.

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