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commissionaire

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com⋅mis⋅sion⋅aire

  [kuh-mish-uh-nair]
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–noun British.
a uniformed attendant, as a doorkeeper or usher.
Origin:
1755–65; < F commissionnaire; see commission, -aire
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com·mis·sion·aire   (kə-mĭsh'ə-nâr')   
n.   Chiefly British
A uniformed attendant, such as a doorman.

[French, from Medieval Latin commissiōnārius, from Latin commissiō, commissiōn-, commission; see commission.]
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