concierge
Definitions of concierge
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someone employed to clean and maintain a building
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a caretaker for an apartment house; represents the owner as janitor and rent collector
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a French caretaker of apartments or a hotel; lives on the premises and oversees people entering and leaving and handles mail and acts as janitor or porter
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a custodian who is hired to take care of something (property or a person)types:sacristainan officer of the church who is in charge of sacred objectstype of:
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