baggagemaster

American

[bag-ij-mas-ter, -mah-ster] / ˈbæg ɪdʒˌmæs tər, -ˈmɑ stər /

noun

a person employed, especially by a railroad, bus company, or steamship line, to take charge of passengers' baggage.

Etymology

Origin of baggagemaster

First recorded in 1805–15; baggage + master

Example Sentences

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"No, no, Steinhouser," the baggagemaster shouts as a tinny piano bangs out a tune.

From Time Magazine Archive

"Don't you want a job?" the baggagemaster asked Freddie.

From Project Gutenberg

At midnight I was checking my sample-trunk for Albany, and persuading the baggagemaster that 218 pounds were exactly 120.

From Project Gutenberg

When an Erie baggagemaster saw it two years ago, he could hardly keep from checking it; and once when a customs inspector was brought into its presence, he gazed upon it in silent rapture for some moments, then slowly and unconsciously placed one hand behind him with the palm uppermost, and got out his chalk with the other.

From Project Gutenberg

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