Commissionaire
/kəˌmɪʃəˈnɛː/ noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
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 a uniformed doorman wordnet
- 3 A uniformed doorman. British
"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."
- 4 An undisclosed agent under European civil law.
Example
More examples"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."
Etymology
Borrowed from French commissionaire, from Latin commissio. Doublet of commissioner.