hotel desk clerk
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2.7
- noun
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recepcionista
- The hotel desk clerk helped us check in and gave us the keys to our room.
Examples
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What, did you... you pay some hotel desk clerk to make that call for you, is that what you did?
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According to motel records and the hotel desk clerk, Manney left the hotel just before 10 a.m. on June 5.
Blog text (19) -
- It happened last week, when Clinton was away on a business trip to Dallas, and the hotel desk clerk said he saw him leave for dinner around 7:00, but when he came back, he wasn't alone.
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When we had a problem with the air conditioning, the hotel desk clerk quickly sent someone to fix it.
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She asked the hotel desk clerk for recommendations on nearby restaurants.
Synonyms
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2.6
A person who greets visitors, answers the phone, and gives information at an office or hotel
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6.3
A person at a hotel or apartment building who helps guests with mail, luggage, and bookings
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2.1
A person who works at a hotel's front desk and helps guests with check-ins and questions
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2.0
A person at a hotel's front desk who greets guests and handles check-ins and check-outs
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3.4
A hotel worker at the front desk who gives rooms and keys to guests
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3.7
A person who works at a desk in an office or hotel reception helping visitors
How Senior
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and literally compositional: 'hotel' (place of lodging) + 'desk' (front-service counter) + 'clerk' (employee) yields an employee who works at the hotel's front desk. This role-description pattern is common and cross-linguistically transparent, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words would readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
Hotel desk clerk comes from a simple image: a clerk standing behind a desk at a hotel, taking keys and helping guests check in. That's why it means 'a person who helps guests at the front desk' today.