/ ˈkɒnsieəʒ; NAmE kɔːnˈsjerz/ noun (from French )
1.
a person, especially in France, who takes care of a building containing flats / apartments and checks people entering and leaving the building
2.
( especially NAmE ) a person in a hotel whose job is to help guests by giving them information, arranging theatre tickets, etc.
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WORD ORIGIN
mid 16th cent. (denoting the warden of a house, castle, prison, or palace): French , probably based on Latin conservus fellow slave.