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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  • As she had hoped, the concierge was the type of young man who loved being taken into one's confidence. —  Lippman, Laura - [Tess Monaghan 02] - Charm City
  • And you rarely entered the lodge It was an idea that came to me all of a sudden A little later, the concierge was awakened by the cats who were fighting. —  The 13 Culprits - Georges Simenon - 1929
  • To hear him talk, one would have thought that his dislike of the concierge was a major factor in his reluctance to arrest Florentin! —  Maigret's Boyhood Friend - Georges Simenon - 97
  • Every morning, the concierge is away for more than half an hour, doing her shopping. —  Maigret Takes A Room - Georges Simenon - 65
  • At seven o'clock the concierge was awakened from his slumbers, which (if one can judge from the repeated efforts at his bell of persons who come before breakfast) must be of the sweetest and most profound nature. —  In the Courts of Memory 1858-1875
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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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