concierge

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

concierge
    n 1: 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

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Concierge \Con`cierge"\, n. [F.]
   One who keeps the entrance to an edifice, public or private;
   a doorkeeper; a janitor, male or female.
   [1913 Webster]

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