commissionaire
Example Sentences
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He told local media that she had worked as a security guard at Northern Lights Casino and had also been a commissionaire officer.
From BBC • Sep. 6, 2022
Another commissionaire explained where the toilets were and my mum told me to wait for her and Auntie Doreen outside the ladies and I went into the gents.
From The Guardian • Nov. 16, 2012
To get into the main chamber we had to show our invitation to the commissionaire and my mum got into a panic because she thought she'd forgotten it.
From The Guardian • Nov. 16, 2012
At the far end a commissionaire was directing people.
From The Guardian • Nov. 16, 2012
By this time they were in the street, with a huge commissionaire waiting for a glance from Chalfont to bring up a taxi with his silver whistle.
From The Rustle of Silk by Hamilton, Cosmo
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
