Receptionist Definition

rĭ-sĕpshə-nĭst
noun
A person employed in an office to receive callers, give information, etc.
Webster's New World

A secretary whose tasks prominently include the above.

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Other Word Forms of Receptionist

Noun

Singular:
receptionist
Plural:
receptionists

Origin of Receptionist

  • Recorded since 1901, derived from reception (itself from Latin receptiō (“the act of receiving; reception"), from receptus, the perfect passive participle of recipiō (“receive")) + -ist.

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Receptionist Sentence Examples

  • I'll tell my receptionist to make you an appointment for next week.

  • The receptionist said he was out on a call so she left a message for him to call her when he got back.

  • You left a message with my receptionist?

  • Saundra, the clinic receptionist, volunteered her husband.

  • With the exception of Lori, a childhood playmate; Katie, the groom's sister; and Saundra, the receptionist at the groom's veterinary clinic – and of course, Carmen, the bride; everyone in attendance was a member of the Reynolds family.

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Words Starting With

RREREC

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TSTIST

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