huissier
/ˈwiːsjeɪ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A doorman; a domestic officer who guarded the doors to chambers in a mansion or similar large establishment.
Archaic
noun
A huissier de justice, an officer of the court in various European countries roughly similar to a British bailiff.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "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."
- "A chorus of five huissiers, or ushers, line up in a row, like sleek crows cawing out comments on the machinations of their masters."
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /ˈwiːsjeɪ/