concierge

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I do want to note that our concierge was available for us during all days of our stay, and he gave us a phone number which we could use to reach him directly at any time for any reason at all.

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  1. noun A staff member of a hotel or apartment complex who assists guests or residents, as by handling the storage of luggage, taking and delivering messages, and making reservations for tours.
  2. noun A person, especially in France, who lives in an apartment house, attends the entrance, and serves as a janitor.

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  • I do want to note that our concierge was available for us during all days of our stay, and he gave us a phone number which we could use to reach him directly at any time for any reason at all. —  Epinions Recent Content for Home
  • In the same way, he declared from the beginning, in the matter of the Saint-Cloud mystery, that the concierge was the only possible murderer But most curious of all was the pamphlet which was found circulating among the boys at the school, a typewritten pamphlet signed by Beautrelet and manifolded to the number of ten copies. —  The Hollow Needle; Further adventures of Arsene Lupin
  • thought Durtal today, as he heard a key turning in the lock, then he looked at his watch and observed that once again the concierge was arriving after three o'clock in the afternoon There was nothing for it but to submit with a sigh to the ensuing hullabaloo. —  Là-bas
  • Knowing these things, and perceiving that my concierge was absorbed in discussing scandal on the opposite side of the street, I took advantage of her absence from her post to slip down to the rez-de-chaussee, pounce on the unfortunate dog, whom I found seated hopelessly at the entrance, and smuggle him upstairs into my rooms. —  Dreams and Dream Stories
  • In the same way, he declared from the beginning, in the matter of the Saint-Cloud mystery, that the concierge was the only possible murderer. —  The Hollow Needle; Further adventures of Arsene Lupin
 

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  1. French, from Old French cumcerges, from Vulgar Latin *cōnservius, alteration of Latin cōnservus, fellow slave : com-, com- + servus, slave.

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  1. French, from Old French concierge, consierge, consiarge, concherge, concerge, consirge, cumcerge (later Middle Latin concergius, consergius, also concergerius, concicrgerius, Spanish conserje), of uncertain origin; perhaps from Middle Latin *conservius, a keeper, guardian, or *conservium, a keeping, guarding, irreg. from Latin conservare, keep: see conserve.
 

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