concierge
(noun) 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
Source: WordNet® 3.1
concierge (plural concierges)
One who attends to the wishes of hotel guests.
(British) One who attends to the maintenance of a building and provides services to its tenants and visitors.
• caretaker
• custodian
• janitor
• cogeneric
Source: Wiktionary
Con`cierge", n. Etym: [F.]
Definition: One who keeps the entrance to an edifice, public or private; a doorkeeper; a janitor, male or female.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
31 March 2025
(adjective) done or made using whatever is available; “crossed the river on improvised bridges”; “the survivors used jury-rigged fishing gear”; “the rock served as a makeshift hammer”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
