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commissionaire

com·mis·sion·aire [ kə mìshə nér ] (plural com·mis·sion·aires)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. uniformed worker: in the United Kingdom, a uniformed attendant or usher at a hotel or theater

2. member of Canadian veterans' organization: in Canada, a veteran of the armed forces who belongs to the Corps of Commissionaires, an organization whose uniformed members can be hired to protect buildings and property

[Mid-17th century. < medieval Latin commissionarius< Latin commission- (see commission)]
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