receptionist
noun
re·cep·tion·ist
ri-ˈsep-sh(ə-)nist 
: a person employed to greet telephone callers, visitors, patients, or clients
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Now Miss Manners has a question of her own: Is this decision being made by the proprietor of the business, his wife or the receptionist who claims to know what everybody is doing these days?
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Judith Martin, Sun Sentinel, 3 July 2025
And after a quick phonecall, where the receptionist urged them to get to the surgery as soon as possible, Pablo was whisked into care.
—Rachael O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 June 2025
Since the 1960s when author Craig Claiborne, who started his career in food journalism as a receptionist for Gourmet Magazine, imagined a regular dining section and a four-star scale system to rate restaurants, the food critics’ ultimate goal has been to remain anonymous.
—Sylvie Bigar, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
Mealing, who used to work as a medical receptionist in a pediatric neurosurgeon’s office before her diagnosis and now volunteers for the American Cancer Society, went on Medicaid after going on short-term disability.
—Geoff Mulvihill, Los Angeles Times, 16 June 2025
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Judith Martin, Sun Sentinel, 3 July 2025
And after a quick phonecall, where the receptionist urged them to get to the surgery as soon as possible, Pablo was whisked into care.
—Rachael O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 June 2025
Since the 1960s when author Craig Claiborne, who started his career in food journalism as a receptionist for Gourmet Magazine, imagined a regular dining section and a four-star scale system to rate restaurants, the food critics’ ultimate goal has been to remain anonymous.
—Sylvie Bigar, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
Mealing, who used to work as a medical receptionist in a pediatric neurosurgeon’s office before her diagnosis and now volunteers for the American Cancer Society, went on Medicaid after going on short-term disability.
—Geoff Mulvihill, Los Angeles Times, 16 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for receptionist
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“Receptionist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/receptionist. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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receptionist
noun
re·cep·tion·ist
ri-ˈsep-sh(ə-)nəst
: an office employee who greets callers, answers questions, and arranges appointments
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