commissionaire
noun/kəˌmɪʃəˈneə(r)/
/kəˌmɪʃəˈner/
(British English, old-fashioned)- a person in uniform whose job is to stand at the entrance to a hotel, etc. and open the door for visitors, find them taxis, etc. see also doormanTopics Holidaysc2Word Originmid 17th cent.: from French, from medieval Latin commissarius ‘person in charge’, from Latin committere ‘entrust’(in medieval Latin ‘put into custody’), from com- ‘with’ + mittere ‘put or send’.
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