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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Then, two people came into her bedroom dressed as police officers, forcing the night receptionist, Abderrahmane Ouatiki, to act as an interpreter between the gang and Kardashian.
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Renan Botelho, Footwear News, 13 May 2025
Don and his mother were fixtures in the Post’s headquarters on Fifteenth Street; Don seemed to know everyone’s name—reporters, receptionists, custodians.
—Clare Malone, New Yorker, 12 May 2025
Serve as their bosses’ guardian angels How the candidate interacts with our managers and my receptionist is important, as well.
—Phil Blair, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Apr. 2025
Tina Fey is wearing a matching pajama set, perched on the edge of an oversized chair and discussing her tenure as a receptionist at the Evanston, Illinois, YMCA in the early ’90s.
—Mikey O'Connell, HollywoodReporter, 16 Apr. 2025
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Renan Botelho, Footwear News, 13 May 2025
Don and his mother were fixtures in the Post’s headquarters on Fifteenth Street; Don seemed to know everyone’s name—reporters, receptionists, custodians.
—Clare Malone, New Yorker, 12 May 2025
Serve as their bosses’ guardian angels How the candidate interacts with our managers and my receptionist is important, as well.
—Phil Blair, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Apr. 2025
Tina Fey is wearing a matching pajama set, perched on the edge of an oversized chair and discussing her tenure as a receptionist at the Evanston, Illinois, YMCA in the early ’90s.
—Mikey O'Connell, HollywoodReporter, 16 Apr. 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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