bellhop
noun
bell·hop ˈbel-ˌhäp 
: a hotel or club employee who escorts guests to rooms, assists them with luggage, and runs errands
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Rice is deployed as a bellhop at Hong Kong's Dorsett Wanchai hotel, providing room service to guests. 
Rebecca Cairns, CNN, 1 Sep. 2022 The 5 Point Café was a fine choice for breakfast, a recommendation from our bellhop who used to play in rock bands in the 1970s. Marc Bona, cleveland, 31 Aug. 2022 It’s about a bellhop in Prague and follows his fortunes through the 20th century. Amy Sutherland, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Aug. 2022 After a stint in London as a bellhop in his early twenties, Trubridge took off for Honduras to explore freediving. James Nestor, Outside Online, 25 Jan. 2012 As delicious as a flaky croissant, the 90-room Hotel Motto is wedged into a 17th-century building and done up like an ode to Art Deco Paris, with a showpiece central staircase and a bellhop-and-cheetah mural in the lobby. Christian L. Wright, WSJ, 17 Mar. 2022 His father, Henry Dickerson, was a former bellhop who became an executive at the Cleveland Trust Company. New York Times, 10 Jan. 2022 Kendry opens the door to let in a Black bellhop before sitting on the arm of her husband’s chair to hear the rest of the story. Rebecca Carroll, Essence, 27 Oct. 2021 Fort-Whiteman eventually came, too, finding work as a bellhop and moonlighting as an actor in a Black theatre troupe. The New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2021 See More
Rebecca Cairns, CNN, 1 Sep. 2022 The 5 Point Café was a fine choice for breakfast, a recommendation from our bellhop who used to play in rock bands in the 1970s. Marc Bona, cleveland, 31 Aug. 2022 It’s about a bellhop in Prague and follows his fortunes through the 20th century. Amy Sutherland, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Aug. 2022 After a stint in London as a bellhop in his early twenties, Trubridge took off for Honduras to explore freediving. James Nestor, Outside Online, 25 Jan. 2012 As delicious as a flaky croissant, the 90-room Hotel Motto is wedged into a 17th-century building and done up like an ode to Art Deco Paris, with a showpiece central staircase and a bellhop-and-cheetah mural in the lobby. Christian L. Wright, WSJ, 17 Mar. 2022 His father, Henry Dickerson, was a former bellhop who became an executive at the Cleveland Trust Company. New York Times, 10 Jan. 2022 Kendry opens the door to let in a Black bellhop before sitting on the arm of her husband’s chair to hear the rest of the story. Rebecca Carroll, Essence, 27 Oct. 2021 Fort-Whiteman eventually came, too, finding work as a bellhop and moonlighting as an actor in a Black theatre troupe. The New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2021 See More Word History
Etymology
short for bell-hopper
First Known Use
1897, in the meaning defined above
Kids Definition
bellhop
noun
bell·hop ˈbel-ˌhäp
: a hotel or club employee who takes guests to rooms, moves luggage, and runs errands