In a hotel, the receptionist is the person whose job is to book rooms for people and answer their questions.
[mainly British]regional note: in AM, use desk clerk
2. countable noun
In an office or hospital, the receptionist is the person whose job is to answer the phone, arrange appointments, and deal with people when they first arrive.
receptionist in British English
(rɪˈsɛpʃənɪst)
noun
a person employed in an office, hotel, doctor's surgery, etc, to receive clients, guests, or patients, answer the telephone, arrange appointments, etc
receptionist in American English
(rɪˈsɛpʃənɪst)
noun
a person employed in an office to receive callers, give information, etc.
receptionist in Hospitality
(rɪsɛpʃənɪst)
Word forms: (regular plural) receptionists
noun
(Hospitality (hotel): Hotel personnel)
In a hotel, the receptionist is the person whose job is to reserve rooms for people and answer their questions.
The receptionist greeted him before asking his name.
The receptionist will check you in and give you a key card.
Hospital receptionists said they would phone back.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
At the hospital a receptionist greets you.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The hotel receptionist stared at me with what seemed undue suspicion.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
After a long wait a receptionist answered.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The hotel receptionist did not die an innocent death.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Luckily the hotel receptionist was also a nurse and she gave vital first aid.
The Sun (2006)
His mother also moved on from her job as a receptionist and is training to become a teacher.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Does the receptionist answer the telephone?
The Sun (2008)
The former doctor 's receptionist claims he forced her to lie for him.
The Sun (2008)
The doctor 's receptionist gave me an appointment.
The Sun (2011)
It was a job as a hospital receptionist in Bristol that led her to write.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Instead, she got a job as a receptionist at an advertising agency.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
But she was not at her work as a doctor 's receptionist.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
On returning to my hotel, the receptionist told me that my bag was in my room!
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
His next long-term conquest was working as a hotel receptionist.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The hotel receptionist warns us to keep the curtains tightly drawn all night for fear of snipers lurking on the roofs of surrounding buildings.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
I went and asked the hotel receptionist and he said probably not.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Was receptionist at government office.
The Sun (2011)
I was working as a receptionist between acting jobs and he was one of the biggest stars in the world.
The Sun (2013)
I went back to work part-time last year as a hospital receptionist.
The Sun (2011)
I got up, looked through the spy hole in the door and saw the hotel receptionist.
Carlos Acosta No Way Home: A Cuban Dancer's Tale (2007)
After an eight-month battle, a hospital receptionist handed her a brown envelope containing skin and tissue samples in six wax blocks.
The Sun (2011)
Now I'm a receptionist in an office.
The Sun (2014)
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British English: receptionist /rɪˈsɛpʃənɪst/ NOUN
In a hotel, office, or hospital, the receptionist is the person whose job is to answer the telephone, arrange reservations, or appointments, and deal with people when they first arrive.