bellhop

Shortening of bellhopper.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈbɛlˌhɒp/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈbɛlˌhɑp/

• Audio (Southern England):

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bellhop (plural bellhops)

1. An employee of a hotel who carries a guest's luggage and runs errands.
   • 1956, “Heartbreak Hotel”, Mae Boren Axton, Tommy Durden, Elvis Presley (lyrics), performed by Elvis Presley:

     Now, the bellhop's tears keep flowin'
     And the desk clerk's dressed in black.
     Well, they've been so long on Lonely Street
     Well, they'll never, they'll never look back.

bellhop (third-person singular simple present bellhops, present participle bellhopping, simple past and past participle bellhopped)

1. (intransitive) To work as a bellhop.

• bellboy
• bell captain
• bellgirl
• bellman