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huissiers

huissiers is the plural of huissier.

Meaning of huissier

Noun

huissier (plural huissiers)

  1. (archaic) 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
  2. (historical) A huissier de justice, an officer of the court in various European countries roughly similar to a British bailiff.

Phrases with huissiers

Questions about huissiers

What is huissiers the plural of?
Huissiers is the plural of huissier.

Words near huissiers in the dictionary

  1. Huishes
  2. Huisman
  3. Huismans
  4. huissier
  5. huissier de justice
  6. huissiers
  7. huissiers de justice
  8. huit
  9. huitain
  10. huitains
  11. huitlacoche

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