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commissionaire vs doorkeeper

doorkeeper vs commissionaire

commissionaire and doorkeeper both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
commissionaire Yes No No No
doorkeeper Yes No No No
As nouns, doorkeeper is a hypernym of commissionaire; that is, doorkeeper is a word with a broader meaning than commissionaire:
  • commissionaire: a uniformed doorman
  • doorkeeper: someone who guards an entrance
Other hypernyms of commissionaire include door guard, doorman, gatekeeper, hall porter, ostiary, porter.
commissionaire (noun) doorkeeper (noun)
a uniformed doorman someone who guards an entrance
an official stationed at the entrance of a courtroom or legislative chamber
the lowest of the minor Holy Orders in the unreformed Western Church but now suppressed by the Roman Catholic Church
Difference between commissionaire and doorkeeper

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