[kon-see-airzh; Fr. kawn-syerzh] 
[-see-air-zhiz; Fr. -syerzh] . | 1. | (esp. in France) a person who has charge of the entrance of a building and is often the owner's representative; doorkeeper. |
| 2. | a member of a hotel staff in charge of special services for guests, as arranging for theater tickets or tours. |
| 3. | an employee stationed in an apartment house lobby who screens visitors, controls operation of elevators, accepts deliveries to the tenants, etc. |
| 4. | a janitor. |
| 5. | Obsolete. a custodian or warden. |
| con·cierge (kôɴ-syârzh') n.
[French, from Old French cumcerges, from Vulgar Latin *cōnservius, alteration of Latin cōnservus, fellow slave : com-, com- + servus, slave.] |
siˈɛərʒ
