commissionaire

Example Sentences

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He told local media that she had worked as a security guard at Northern Lights Casino and had also been a commissionaire officer.

From BBC • Sep. 6, 2022

At the far end a commissionaire was directing people.

From The Guardian • Nov. 16, 2012

To get into the main chamber we had to show our invitation to the commissionaire and my mum got into a panic because she thought she'd forgotten it.

From The Guardian • Nov. 16, 2012

Another commissionaire explained where the toilets were and my mum told me to wait for her and Auntie Doreen outside the ladies and I went into the gents.

From The Guardian • Nov. 16, 2012

Her companion paused in the doorway to hand some silver to the commissionaire, then he too, leaning upon his stick, stepped across the pavement.

From Mysterious Mr. Sabin by Oppenheim, E. Phillips (Edward Phillips)