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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 com·mis·sion·aire /kəˌmɪʃəˈnær, ˈnɛr/
 門警;看門者

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Com·mis·sion·aire n.
 1. One intrusted with a commission, now only a small commission, as an errand; esp., an attendant or subordinate employee in a public office, hotel, or the like.
 Note: The commissionaire familiar to European travelers performs miscellaneous services as a light porter, messenger, solicitor for hotels, etc.
 2.  One of a corps of pensioned soldiers, as in London, employed as doorkeepers, messengers, etc.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 commissionaire
      n : a uniformed doorman