单词 | commissionaire |
释义 | commissionairen.ΘΚΠ society > authority > delegated authority > one having delegated or derived authority > [noun] > one to whom a commission is given commissary1395 commissioner1414 committee1472 commissionar1496 commissionary1555 commis1573 commissionaire1641 commissionee1647 commissaire1791 commendatary1852 commish1871 1641 Queen Henrietta Maria Let. 19 Aug. in J. Evelyn Diary & Corr. (1852) IV. 50 Counserning the commissionaires it is them that are toe dispatch bussinesse in the Kings absence. 1670 R. Montagu Let. 26 Mar. in Hist. MSS Comm.: Rep. MSS Duke of Buccleuch (1899) I. 471 in Parl. Papers (C. 9244) XLVI. 1 As for my ordinary allowance, I..think myself extreme ill used by the Commissionaires of the Treasury. 1877 H. S. Ashbee Index Librorum Prohibitorum 196 This post he carried on single handed until May, 1840, when he obtained the assistance of Léon Pillet, royal commissionaire at the theatre since 1838. 1899 Amer. Jrnl. Semitic Lang. & Lit. 15 25 This work..is published by the commissionaires of the Russian Academy of Sciences. 1920 E. Lèon tr. in S. Johnson Enemy Within vii. 89 I received a visit from a commissionaire of police connected with the Sûreté Générale. 2. ΘΚΠ society > communication > information > message > [noun] > messenger erendrakec825 bodec888 apostlec950 sand1038 sandesman1123 sanderbodec1200 bearer?c1225 errand-bearer?c1225 messenger?c1225 erindeberea1250 sand-manc1275 beadsman1377 herald1377 messagea1382 runnera1382 sendmana1400 interpreter1490 nuntius1534 post1535 pursuivant?1536 nuncius1573 nuncio1587 carrier1594 nunciate1596 mercury1597 chiaus1599 foreranger1612 postera1614 irisa1616 missivea1616 chouse1632 angela1637 caduceator1684 purpose messenger1702 errand-bringer1720 harkara1747 commissionaire1749 carrier pigeon1785 errander1803 errand-porter1818 tchaush1819 card carrier1845 errand-goer1864 choush1866 ghulam1882 society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > non-manual worker > [noun] > usher or attendant huissierc1330 usherc1386 commissionaire1749 check-taker1812 starter1892 hat-check boy1910 hat-check girl1913 1749 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 24 Feb. in Misc. Wks. (1777) III. i. xlvii. 206 You are an excellent commissionaire, and my most dutiful thanks attend you for your care and trouble. 1765 H. Walpole Let. 28 Nov. in Private Corr. (1820) III. 111 Besides being the best friend in the world you are the best commissionnaire in the world. 1789 tr. Friend of Virtue I. 26 He put it in another cover, and sent it by a commissionaire not in his livery, to the door of Madame de Marmonde. 1840 F. Marryat Olla Podrida I. iv. 31 I was confoundedly taken in by a rascal of a commissionnaire. 1872 G. W. Dasent Three to One II. 171 You would have sent off a messenger..a commissionaire. 1904 Punch 20 July 53/1 We proceed to the Douane, where we find a Commissionaire with ‘Le Touquet’ engraved on his cap. 1908 tr. E. Gaboriau File No. 113 vii, in Coll. Wks. Gaboriau IV. 1006 He is the commissionaire whose post is at the corner of the Rue Pigalle. b. (a) Corps of Commissionaires n. an organization founded in London in 1859 to provide employment for former soldiers and sailors as messengers, porters, guards, etc.; (also, more fully Canadian Corps of Commissionaires) a similar organization founded in Canada in 1925.In Britain, the Corps of Commissionaires now trades as a security company under the name Corps Security. Neither the British nor the Canadian organization currently employs only ex-military personnel. ΚΠ 1859 Cheshire Observer (Chester) 3 Dec. 7/5 (heading) The Corps of Commissionaires. 1864 All Year Round 18 June 62/1 There is now firmly established such a corps of trusty pensioners ready to be useful in many ways to the people of London and some other of our great cities,..in the Corps of Commissionaires. 1900 Harmsworth Monthly Pict. Mag. Jan. 544/1 From the point of view of the employer also, the arrangements made by the officials of the Corps of Commissionaires are highly advantageous. 1989 Times 8 Feb. 16/1 At football stadia perfectly nice old boyos are bedecked as members of the corps of commissionaires and take on the airs of tinpot dictators. 2014 Times & Transcript (New Brunswick) (Nexis) 30 Jan. a8 The charger will be used when the city takes possession of an electric car it has ordered for use by the Corps of Commissionaires who carry out bylaw enforcement for the municipality. (b) A member of either of these organizations. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > those involved in labour relations > [noun] > members of other specific associations commissionaire1869 Bundist1907 Wobbly1913 Lightmonger1954 society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > [noun] > liveried livery attendant1599 liveryman1616 livery1628 livery servanta1685 commissionaire1869 1869 Morning Post 16 Dec. 7/6 [A person] described as a messenger, was..charged with fraudulently imitating the dress of a commissionaire. 1900 Harmsworth Monthly Pict. Mag. Jan. 544/2 In addition to their providing a pecuniary guarantee for the honesty of the Commissionaire, the corps also undertakes to find a substitute for him in case of sickness. 2014 Times Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) (Nexis) 14 Aug. a4 Prior to becoming a commissionaire, DesRoches served in the military for many years. 3. A uniformed attendant at the entrance of a theatre, hotel, large shop, etc.; a doorman. Cf. sense 2a(b). ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > domestic servant > [noun] > usher > door- or gate-keeper doorwardc950 gate-wardc1000 porter?a1300 ostiary?a1475 portitor1480 doorkeeper1535 gatekeeper1572 janitora1640 conciergea1697 hall-keeper1705 durwan1773 commissioner1820 lodge-keeper1855 doorman1858 lodge-man1892 commissionaire1895 dvornik1903 linkman1939 1895 A. Roberts & R. Morton Adventures A. Roberts x. 122 I quietly returned to the theatre, and had time to tell the story to the commissionaire. 1917 P. G. Wodehouse Piccadilly Jim vi. 109 The commissionaire at the Piccadilly entrance of the restaurant touched his hat ingratiatingly. 1970 Oxf. Mail 11 July 3/1 The case would have hinged on the evidence of an independent witness, Mr. Rolfe, commissionaire of Holyoake Hall, Headington. 2010 A. Shand King of Thieves p. x Only the uniformed figure of the commissionaire stood between them and the rich interior. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1641 |
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