First Known Use: circa 1697
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concierge
noun con·cierge \kōⁿ-ˈsyerzh, ˌkän-sē-ˈerzh\
: a person in an apartment building especially in France who takes care of the building and checks the people who enter and leave
: an employee at a hotel whose job is to provide help and information to the people staying at the hotel
plural con·cierges \-ˈsyerzh, -ˈsyer-zhəz; -sē-ˈer-zhəz\
Full Definition of CONCIERGE
1
: a resident in an apartment building especially in France who serves as doorkeeper, landlord's representative, and janitor
2
: a usually multilingual hotel staff member who handles luggage and mail, makes reservations, and arranges tours; broadly : a person employed (as by a business) to make arrangements or run errands
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Origin of CONCIERGE
French, from Old French, probably from Vulgar Latin *conservius, alteration of Latin conservus fellow slave, from com- + servus slave
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