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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Commissionaire \Com*mis`sion*aire"\, n. [F. commissionnaire. Cf
{Commissioner}.]
1. One intrusted with a commission, now only a small
commission, as an errand; esp., an attendant or
subordinate employee in a public office, hotel, or the
like
Note: The commissionaire familiar to European travelers
performs miscellaneous services as a light porter,
messenger, solicitor for hotels, etc
2. One of a corps of pensioned soldiers, as in London,
employed as doorkeepers, messengers, etc
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
commissionaire
n : (British) a uniformed doorman
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