RECEPTIONIST

receptionist

(noun) a secretary whose main duty is to answer the telephone and receive visitors

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

receptionist (plural receptionists)

An employee (such as a secretary) who works in reception (receiving visitors and/or calls) for a person or business, especially an office.

(theology) A proponent of receptionism.

Source: Wiktionary



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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.

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