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huissier
- /ˈwiːsjeɪ/ UK
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French huissier. Doublet of usher and possibly ostiary.
noun huissiers
- A doorman; a domestic officer who guarded the doors to chambers in a mansion or similar large establishment. 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.
- A huissier de justice, an officer of the court in various European countries roughly similar to a British bailiff.
Talk about this word "huissier." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/huissier. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. huissier. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/huissier "huissier." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/huissier.Cite this
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title = {huissier},
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