guichetier
French edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
guichetier m (plural guichetiers, feminine guichetière)
- (archaic) turnkey
- 1829, Victor Hugo, Le Dernier Jour d’un condamné:
- Cette fois il ne suffit point du pas lourd et des souliers ferrés du guichetier, du cliquetis de son nœud de clefs, du grincement rauque des verrous ; il fallut pour me tirer de ma léthargie sa rude voix à mon oreille et sa main rude sur mon bras.
- This time, the loud steps and iron shoes of the turnkey, the jingling of his bunch of keys, the sharp squeaking of the lock wasn't enough; to yank me from my lethargy they had his booming voice in my ear and his rugged hand on my arm.
- (banking) counter clerk
Further reading edit
- “guichetier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.