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Noun: commissionaire  ku,mi-shu'nehr
Usage: Brit
  1. A uniformed doorman
    "The commissionaire greeted guests as they entered the hotel"

Derived forms: commissionaires

Type of: door guard, doorkeeper, gatekeeper, hall porter, ostiary, porter

Encyclopedia: Commissionaire