huissier
UK/ˈwiːsjeɪ/
huissier noun: a doorman; a domestic officer who guarded the doors to chambers in a mansion or similar large establishment.
Noun
huissier (plural huissiers)
- A doorman; a domestic officer who guarded the doors to chambers in a mansion or similar large establishment.
- She had neither chamberlain nor huissier to light the tapers in her chamber when she would retire, and the poor lady passed her time weeping, sighing, and lamenting; and from grief and neglect of herself losing all her beauty.1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume II, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 205
- That is because the huissier cannot lead anyone in to see the President of France without first passing through the adjacent office of Jacques Attali.1982 February 15, William Safire, “ESSAY; FRANCE'S IDEA MAN”, in The New York Times
- A huissier de justice, an officer of the court in various European countries roughly similar to a British bailiff.
Forms of huissier
| plural | huissiers |
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Origin of huissier
Borrowed from French huissier. Doublet of usher and possibly ostiary.
Phrases with huissier
Questions about huissier
- What does huissier mean?
- Huissier means a doorman; a domestic officer who guarded the doors to chambers in a mansion or similar large establishment.
- What part of speech is huissier?
- Huissier is a noun.
- How do you pronounce huissier?
- Huissier is pronounced /ˈwiːsjeɪ/ (UK).
- What is the plural of huissier?
- The plural of huissier is huissiers.
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