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receptionist

[ ri-sep-shuh-nist ]

noun

  1. a person employed to receive and assist callers, clients, etc., as in an office.
  2. Theology. a person who advocates receptionism.


receptionist

/ rɪˈsɛpʃənɪst /

noun

  1. a person employed in an office, hotel, doctor's surgery, etc, to receive clients, guests, or patients, answer the telephone, arrange appointments, etc


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Word History and Origins

Origin of receptionist1

First recorded in 1865–70; reception + -ist

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Example Sentences

The 289-page satire follows Morris Feldstein, a pharmaceutical salesman who gets seduced by a lonely receptionist.

Receptionist, former lover, and still receptionist Connie Plotz deconstructs his private obsessions and cultural stereotypes.

Tolman was temping as a receptionist at a consulting firm for $11 an hour when she first auditioned for Molly.

When Muñoz got back to her office, the receptionist told her Senator Reid wanted to speak with her.

This prerequisite applies to everyone, including the receptionist, paralegals, administrative assistants and file clerks.

That little girl back on Earth, the receptionist at the Interplanetary Lines building, she'd had it.

The little blonde receptionist caught it in twenty-four hours—?

Jon had to wait a half hour for his turn, but the receptionist finally signalled him towards the door of the interviewer's room.

I am afraid I must have raised my voice in expressing my exasperation to the young lady who acted as receptionist and barrier.

The frosty old receptionist seemed to be typical in her business-as-usual, come-what-may attitude.

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