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Meanings of commissionaire in English

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A uniformed doorman.

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Examples for "doorman"
Examples for "doorman"
1
The doorman asked for a number where the police could reach me.
Fight Club
2
Seven thousand square feet in a doorman building in the East Seventies.
Audrey's door
3
I'd known the doorman more years than either of us would admit.
Priest
4
I remember one day the doorman at the theatre saying, Morning, Max.
The Guardian
5
The cameras are set and the doorman knows to let you in.
The Fame Game
1
Your doorkeeper said I could come and look for my lost wrap.
The last illusion
2
In the hall, among the shrouded furniture, she met the smiling doorkeeper.
The Garden of Allah
3
This was opened by the doorkeeper, who asked her what she wanted.
The Arabian Nights: Tales of 1,001 Nights. Vol. 1
4
This young man was an assistant doorkeeper in the capitol at Washington.
Fifty-Two Story Talks to Boys and Girls
5
After a little delay, the doorkeeper was instructed to bring him in.
From Canal Boy to President; Or, the Boyhood and Manhood of Jame...
Usage of commissionaire in English
1
The commissionaire opened the doors and she passed out into the street.
The Governors
2
I passed through the Rue d'Antin without even coming across a commissionaire.
Camille
3
Smith thanked the commissionaire for his information and we quittedthegallery
The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu
4
Her sole purpose now was to see whether the commissionaire was coming.
Bertha Garlan
5
To him, gaping at this wholly unforeseen calamity the commissionaire vouchsafed information.
A Damsel in Distress
6
The commissionaire came into the room and handed her a letter.
Bertha Garlan
7
A commissionaire was now holding open the door of the car.
Mr. Prohack
8
Adrienne simply answered in the affirmative, and then the commissionaire's admiration was redoubled.
Autobiography of a Pocket-Handkerchief
9
Uncle Kayser undertook to have the letter taken by a commissionaire.
His Excellency the Minister
10
The commissionaire guarding the other rushed to help his companion bar the exit.
The Box with Broken Seals
11
He threw me over the note which the commissionaire had brought.
Sherlock holmes: the complete illustrated novels
12
You might at least have sent me word by a commissionaire.
L'Assommoir
13
I was becoming restless, when a commissionaire, one morning, brought me a letter.
The Clique of Gold
14
I have the commissionaire who saw you near the case.
Sherlock holmes: the complete illustrated novels
15
In a minute the commissionaire was in the colonel's ante-chamber.
Autobiography of a Pocket-Handkerchief
16
The commissionaire stared after him as intently as the waiter and the hat-check boy.
Piccadilly Jim
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