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Commissionnaire   Listen
noun
Commissionnaire  n.  
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.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Commissionnaire" Quotes from Famous Books



... Nina had insisted that he should stop at home. He would be all right to-morrow. He scoffed at our suggestion that he should see a doctor; he was one of those men who affect to despise the medical profession. But early on the following morning a commissionnaire brought me a note from Nina. 'My father is very much worse. Can you come at once?' He was delirious. Poor Nina, white, with frightened eyes, moved about like one distracted. We sent off for Dr. Renoult, ...
— Grey Roses • Henry Harland



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