commissionaire Hear it!

commissionaire definition

com·mis·sion·aire (kə mis̸h′ə ner′)

noun

Brit. a person, esp. any of a group of pensioned service personnel, employed to do errands or small tasks, as a uniformed doorkeeper or a messenger

Etymology: Fr

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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