Definition of "receptionist" []

• An office worker employed chiefly to receive visitors and answer the telephone. (noun)

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• "That which we call a receptionist, by any other word would still greet visitors and answer phones."
• "The receptionist is wide shouldered and artificially blond and I play the part of a tourist, making no effort to speak to her in Spanish."
• "A friendly receptionist from the Crowne Plaza was out for a smoke break."