concierge
concierge Lexical Profile
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• noun
A hotel employee whose job is to assist guests by arranging tours, making restaurant or theater reservations, and providing local information.
"The hotel concierge recommended a wonderful family-owned bistro just two blocks away and secured us a table for the evening."
A resident caretaker, doorkeeper, or porter of an apartment building or small hotel, especially in France and other European countries, who monitors the entrance and handles mail and maintenance.
"Before going up to her Paris flat, she stopped by the lodge to collect her parcels from the building's concierge."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed from French 'concierge', from Old French 'concierge', probably ultimately from Vulgar Latin '*conservius', meaning 'fellow slave' or 'keeper of the keys', derived from Latin 'conservus' (from 'con-' meaning 'together' and 'servus' meaning 'slave' or 'servant').
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