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

At the far end a commissionaire was directing people.

From The Guardian • Nov. 16, 2012

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

Just as he had been watching the girl, so was a man, who stood on the pavement side by side with the commissionaire, watching her companion.

From Mysterious Mr. Sabin by Oppenheim, E. Phillips (Edward Phillips)