Definitions, Meanings, Synonyms, Examples and Famous Quotes of concierge in English

concierge

• 1.

  A person who is employed to take care of an apartment building, especially in France

  "The concierge knocked on the door of their apartment following complaints about noise."

• 2.

  (especially in France) a caretaker of an apartment complex or a small hotel, typically one living on the premises.

• 3.

  A hotel employee whose job is to assist guests by arranging tours, making theater and restaurant reservations, etc.

• 4.

  A French caretaker of apartments or a hotel; lives on the premises and oversees people entering and leaving and handles mail and acts as janitor or porter

  Type of (1)

  Caretaker

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Quotes and Sayings about "concierge"

1.

"I was referred to Mike Jones from the concierge at a Marriott hotel when I asked for a masseur... It was during the massage that it started to become sensual, and that led to him masturbating me."

--- Ted Haggard

2.

"I know that atmosphere of the Parisian apartment building, with the twin menaces of the concierge on the ground floor and the landlord upstairs."

--- Roman Polanski

3.

"Don't let the cat out or the concierge in: this is the first principle of socialist ladies."

--- Muriel Barbery

4.

"That is not respecting our democracy, using the State Department as a concierge for foreign donations, not really respecting our American democracy."

--- Kellyanne Conway

5.

"In France cooking is a serious art form and a national sport. I think the French enjoy the complication of the art form and the cooking for cooking's sake. You can talk with a concierge or police officer about food in France as a general rule. It is not the general rule here. Classical cuisine, which I hope we are going back to, means certain ways of doing things and certain ways of not doing things. If you know classical French cooking you can do anything. If you don't know the basics, you turn out slop."

--- Julia Child