receptionist
/rɪˈsɛpʃ(ə)nɪst
/noun
1A person who greets and deals with clients and visitors to a surgery, office, etc.Just as GPs need surgeries and receptionists MPs need offices and staff....
- Between 8.00 and 10.00 am the office is at its busiest with clients booking calls and receptionists confirming visit times and hospital appointments.
- He greets me at the door of his office, dismisses the receptionist, and strides back behind his immense immaculate desk.
1.1British A person employed in a hotel to receive guests and deal with their bookings.She received the sentence for assaulting a hotel receptionist after trespassing on the property....
- She worked at a hotel as a receptionist in the morning and as a waitress at night.
- Hotel receptionists were informed not to deliver any alcoholic drinks, leave a mini-bar in his room, or order any taxis for him to escape to town.