: a hotel or club employee who escorts guests to rooms, assists them with luggage, and runs errands
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In Las Vegas, an army of service workers—bellhops, cooks, servers, and room attendants—tune in each morning.
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Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2024
Aldo even went so far as to replace the bellhop—a nod to Guccio’s early job—in the Gucci crest with a knight in armor.
—Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 11 Sep. 2024
Union contracts covering housekeepers, front desk attendants, bellhops, restaurant wait staff, cooks, bartenders and other workers in each of the cities expired in the weeks leading up to the strike, and the companies and union remained at an impasse early Sunday in contract negotiations.
—Compiled Bydemocrat-Gazette Stafffrom Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 2 Sep. 2024
From berets to dixie cups, hats were all over the runway and the audience (not to mention the bellhops, in their Ritz-blue caps).
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 24 June 2024
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Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2024
Aldo even went so far as to replace the bellhop—a nod to Guccio’s early job—in the Gucci crest with a knight in armor.
—Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 11 Sep. 2024
Union contracts covering housekeepers, front desk attendants, bellhops, restaurant wait staff, cooks, bartenders and other workers in each of the cities expired in the weeks leading up to the strike, and the companies and union remained at an impasse early Sunday in contract negotiations.
—Compiled Bydemocrat-Gazette Stafffrom Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 2 Sep. 2024
From berets to dixie cups, hats were all over the runway and the audience (not to mention the bellhops, in their Ritz-blue caps).
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 24 June 2024
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“Bellhop.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bellhop. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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bellhop
noun
bell·hop
-ˌhäp 
: a hotel or club employee who takes guests to rooms, carries luggage, and runs errands
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