Etymology

huissier

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Today it means: A doorman; a domestic officer who guarded the doors to chambers in a mansion or similar large establishment. Full definition →

French huissier
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  1. French · borrowed fromhuissier
  2. English todayhuissier

Borrowed from French huissier. Doublet of usher and possibly ostiary.

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