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单词 Corps of Commissionaires
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Corps of Commissionaires

noun
An organization founded in London in 1859 to provide employment for former soldiers and sailors as messengers, porters, guards, etc.; (also, more fully Canadian Corps of Commissionaires) a similar organization founded in Canada in 1925.
  • In Britain, the Corps of Commissionaires now trades as a security company under the name Corps Security. Neither the British nor the Canadian organization currently employs only ex-military personnel..

Origin

Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Cheshire Observer (Chester).

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