bellhop
Americannoun
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bellhops
plural
verb (used without object)
noun
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Etymology
Origin of bellhop
Explanation
A bellhop is a person whose job involves carrying people's luggage in a hotel. When you check into a fancy inn, the bellhop will take your suitcase up to your room for you. You can also call a bellhop a bellboy, unless she's a woman, in which case bellhop makes more sense. The main job of a bellhop is to help hotel customers transport their luggage to their rooms, or to their cars when they're checking out. The word comes from the old fashioned hotel practice of the desk clerk ringing a bell to summon the bellhop — who would presumably "hop" to work, hurrying to help with the patron's bags.
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“Why, I’m no more interested in this than I am in the appointment of the bellhop in that hotel across the street.”
From Washington Post ● Apr. 9, 2022
Irure, who started working at age 13 as a hotel bellhop, was working as a professional cleaner when the pandemic hit Spain last year and dried up his sources of income.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 23, 2021
That said, Delaney and Patsy Ferran, who plays the quirky bellhop Joy, are among the highlights.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 26, 2021
A hotel bellhop pushing a tall luggage cart was stymied by a concrete barrier, his guests lugging suitcases waiting just on the other side.
From New York Times ● Jan. 18, 2021
Barry had a friend who worked as a bellhop at a hotel in the financial district.
From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman
And by Valentine’s Day 1974, more than 3,000 Californians, from gas station attendants to hotel bellhops, were out of work.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 18, 2026
Pack lightly enough to be free from porters, taxi drivers and bellhops.
From New York Times ● Nov. 18, 2024
The strike encompassed housekeepers, dishwashers, cooks, waiters, bellhops and front-desk agents,
From Reuters ● Jul. 5, 2023
The workers, who walked off the job Sunday, are asking for better pay, limits on their workloads and help with housing for servers, bellhops, dishwashers and front desk staff in Los Angeles.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 4, 2023
It had been work, exhilarating but exhausting all the same, constantly having to befuddle building supers and bellhops and nosy neighbors just for a place to sleep.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
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