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n.
a clerk (def. 1).
See: clerk(def. 1)
Quotations
1804
[Liste des "bourgeois," commis, engagés, et "voyageurs" de la Compagnie du Nord-Ouest, après la fusion de 1804.]
1918
The guides, commis, and interpreters . . . were . . . not of the best.
1947
It was growing late and the commis was trying to pluck up enough courage to make his round of inspection.
1951
Commis--Clerk but not in the usual sense of the word. The clerks of the North West Company were often men of great responsibility, with districts as large as a modern Canadian province.