Then came the charge of our "commissionaire" for his services.    From Wordnik.com.  [Glances at Europe In a Series of Letters from Great Britain, France, Italy, Switzerland, &c. During the Summer of 1851.] Reference

'commissionaire' of the hotel -- I don't know what a 'commissionaire' is, but that is the man we went to -- and told him we wanted a guide.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Innocents Abroad] Reference

The commissionaire transferred his attention to Father.    From Wordnik.com.  [At Bertram's Hotel]

The tall hish commissionaire had fallen like a soldier.    From Wordnik.com.  [At Bertram's Hotel]

He pointed out that he was a policeman, not a commissionaire.    From Wordnik.com.  [An Autobiography]

Abandoned, no commissionaire, yet entrance thankfully unlocked.    From Wordnik.com.  [Whispers Of Betrayal]

The Irish commissionaire, back on duty, made up her mind for her.    From Wordnik.com.  [At Bertram's Hotel]

The commissionaire at the hotel always recommends strangers to go to the.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No 3, September, 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy.] Reference

He was acting as commissionaire at a big manufacturing place in the East.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Making Of A Novelist An Experiment In Autobiography] Reference

I rose, frostier than her commissionaire, and toe-flicked her hound aside.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Great California Game]

They were stopped by a commissionaire who eventually let five of them through.    From Wordnik.com.  [Triumphs Part 4 - Political Struggle] Reference

The servants had been dismissed, and a commissionaire and his wife lived in the basement.    From Wordnik.com.  [Despair's Last Journey] Reference

Where the commissionaire only reluctantly put a message through to the Brandau residence.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Great California Game]

When the commissionaire had gone, Holmes took up the stone and held it against the light.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes]

The commissionaire at the Hilton saluted and said, 'Shall I park the Strassenkreuzer, sir?'.    From Wordnik.com.  [Funeral In Berlin]

She sat happily in her taxi feeling indeed as the commissionaire had promised her, just like a queen.    From Wordnik.com.  [At Bertram's Hotel]

If anyone seemed to be trying to cheat, the commissionaire would tap him politely on the arm with his stick.    From Wordnik.com.  [Look Back on Happiness] Reference

The commissionaire crossed over to him and asked him to be quiet, pointing at the same time to the constable by the door.    From Wordnik.com.  [Look Back on Happiness] Reference

The commissionaire who took the letter had brought her back the most cruel and unexpected answer, that there was no answer.    From Wordnik.com.  [Anna Karenina] Reference

Just as Eugene came downstairs, stretching himself and yawning, a commissionaire handed him a letter from Mme. de Nucingen.    From Wordnik.com.  [Father Goriot] Reference

At a quarter to six precisely she gave her card to a commissionaire at the Foreign Office, and was shown into a waiting-room.    From Wordnik.com.  [Maid in Waiting] Reference

It seems now that I may rise from stars to crowns, from crowns to oakleaves, and end my days as a commissionaire in -- who knows?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, October 14, 1914] Reference

The commissionaire poked them with his stick, exhorting them to get up; the constable himself assisted him, and the music stopped.    From Wordnik.com.  [Look Back on Happiness] Reference

The traffic in Pond Street was held up for some minutes whilst Canon Pennyfather and the commissionaire debated this knotty point.    From Wordnik.com.  [At Bertram's Hotel]

I barged the commissionaire aside, grabbed his posh metal stand and heaved the damned thing into the road, catching the blue motor.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Great California Game]

The commissionaire, who knew him well by sight, had put him into a taxi and had directed it as told by the canon, to the Athenaeum Club.    From Wordnik.com.  [At Bertram's Hotel]

Peregrine said, “The ushers, the commissionaire, Jobbins and the A.S.M. did a thorough search front and back after every performance.”.    From Wordnik.com.  [Killer Dolphin]

The commissionaire stood there, tall and imperturbable.    From Wordnik.com.  [Anna the Adventuress] Reference

A commissionaire came with a bouquet for Dora and Father is fuming.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Young Girl's Diary] Reference

They passed out on to the pavement, and the commissionaire called a hansom.    From Wordnik.com.  [Anna the Adventuress] Reference

Already it was too late for the mail; and she would have to send it by a commissionaire.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Clique of Gold] Reference

Now and then a commissionaire (it was always the same man) came and brought him a letter.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Clique of Gold] Reference

That fits the profile of Stephane Groulx, a commissionaire who works security at the RCMP's K Division headquarters in Edmonton.    From Wordnik.com.  [Edmonton Sun] Reference

So it happened that he was at the wickets on the following Wednesday afternoon when the commissionaire brought him in the historic letter.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Holiday Round] Reference