commissionaire

Meaning

1. One entrusted with a (small) commission, such as an errand; especially, an attendant or subordinate employee in a public office, hotel, etc.
2. (British) A uniformed doorman.
3. An undisclosed agent under European civil law.

Synonyms

messenger

doorkeeper

hall porter

janitor

porter

usher

door guard

office-boy

member of the Corps of Commissionaires

doorman

Translations

portier

Dienstmann

portero

kruier

portier

conserje

الحاجب

θυρωρός με στολή

Portier

portiere

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kəˌmɪʃəˈnɛː/

Etymology

Borrowed from French commissionaire, from Latin commissio. Doublet of commissioner.