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RECEPTIONIST
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Dictionary entry overview: What does receptionist mean?
• RECEPTIONIST (noun)
The noun RECEPTIONIST has 1 sense:
1. a secretary whose main duty is to answer the telephone and receive visitors
Familiarity information: RECEPTIONIST used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A secretary whose main duty is to answer the telephone and receive visitors
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("receptionist" is a kind of...):
secretarial assistant; secretary (an assistant who handles correspondence and clerical work for a boss or an organization)
Derivation:
reception (the act of receiving)
reception (the manner in which something is greeted)
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