a person, especially in France, who takes care of a building containing flats and checks people entering and leaving the building （尤指法国公寓等处的）看门人，司阍 a person in a hotel whose job is to help guests by giving them information, arranging theatre tickets, etc. （旅馆中负责提供信息、订票等的）服务台职员
Word Originmid 16th cent. (denoting the warden of a house, castle, prison, or palace): French, probably based on Latin conservus ‘fellow slave’.