bellboy
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2.8
- noun
- /ˈbɛlˌbɔɪ/
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botones
- He'd worked as a bellboy at the Royal Orleans for twenty-seven years.
- a hotel bellboy
- ask the bellboy
- a bellboy and a waiter
Examples
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I bribed the bellboy to let me in .
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George talks with a bellboy in the lobby of a local hotel.
Fiction book (2001) -
Like... when I was a bellboy in a Chicago hotel.
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Second woman: "He told me he was working as a bellboy at the new hotel."
Academic text (1998) -
The coffee arrived, and they were all silent until the bellboy had left.
Fiction book (2002) -
Didn't you call up the bellboy?
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Duke opens the door to a bellboy with a trolley load of fruit, drinks, and flowers... and a smile.
Fiction book (1998) -
Ted, the bellboy, meets his first guest of the evening as a taxi unloads her luggage.
Fiction book (1995) -
The door swings open and the bellboy enters with Adrienne's bags.
Fiction book (1990) -
The bellboy carried our luggage to our room with a smile.
Synonyms
71
2.3
A person who carries suitcases and bags at hotels or stations
19
3.2
A hotel worker who carries guests' luggage and does small jobs for them
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3.2
A young person paid to do small tasks such as delivering messages and packages
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6.1
A person who carries guests' bags and helps them with small jobs in a hotel
1
4.8
A person who works in a hotel at night and helps guests
1
6.5
A person who works at a building entrance and helps visitors in hotels or university halls
A hotel worker who carries guests' luggage and runs small jobs for them
A woman who helps hotel guests by carrying bags and running errands
A young boy who runs small errands in a hotel or house
How Senior
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Bellboy comes from the simple parts bell and boy, meaning a 'boy' who answered the bell at a hotel and helped guests. That's why a bellboy today is the hotel worker who carries luggage and runs small errands for guests.