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bellboy

noun
/ˈbɛlˌbɔɪ/

Etymology

From bell + boy.

  1. derived from *bʰā-✻
  2. derived from *bō-✻ — “brother, close male relation”
  3. inherited from *bōjô✻ — “younger brother, young male relation”
  4. inherited from *bōjō✻
  5. inherited from *bōia✻ — “boy”
  6. inherited from boy//boye — “servant, commoner, knave, boy”
  7. compounded as bellboy — “bell + boy”

Definitions

  1. A male worker, usually at a hotel, who carries luggage and runs errands.

    • He twisted his head to where the bellboy stared at him in open-eyed wonder.

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