Associations to the word «Commissionaire»

Wiktionary

COMMISSIONAIRE, noun. One entrusted with a (small) commission, such as an errand; especially, an attendant or subordinate employee in a public office, hotel, etc.
COMMISSIONAIRE, noun. (British) A uniformed doorman.
COMMISSIONAIRE, noun. (legal) An undisclosed agent under European civil law.

Dictionary definition

COMMISSIONAIRE, noun. A uniformed doorman.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats