con‧ci‧erge /ˈkɒnsieəʒ $ ˌkɑːnsiˈerʒ/ noun [countable]
[Date: 1500-1600; Language: French; Origin: Latin conservus 'fellow slave', from com- ( ⇒ COM-) + servus 'slave']

1. someone in a hotel whose job is to help guests by telling them about places to visit, restaurants to eat in etc

2. someone who looks after a block of apartments and who checks who is going in and coming out, especially in France

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