Meaning of Commissionaire | Babel Free

Definitions

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.
   British
3. An undisclosed agent under European civil law.

Equivalents

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.”

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