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Commissionnaire

Commissionnaire \Com*mis`sion*naire"\ (?; F. ?), n. [F., fr. L. commissio.]

  1. An agent or factor; a commission merchant.

  2. One of a class of attendants, in some European cities, who perform miscellaneous services for travelers.

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commissionnaire

n. (alternative form of commissionaire English)

Usage examples of "commissionnaire".

I was dressed as a respectable commissionnaire, and I carried a letter and a small parcel addressed to M.

I often affected a disguise in those days, even when I was not engaged in business, and the dress and get-up of a respectable commissionnaire was a favourite one with me.

During my sister's visit to you this afternoon I noticed the blouse and cap of a commissionnaire lying in a bundle in a corner of your room.

Perhaps, Gospodín Commissionnaire, you would do him the favor of writing in English what it says?