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bellman

[bel-muhn] / ˈbɛl mən /




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After guests checked in, they would get back in their cars and follow a bicycle-riding bellman to find their room.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 20, 2022

For more than 20 years, Mwaba Francis has served guests at a DoubleTree by Hilton near Seattle-Tacoma International Airport as a bellman and shuttle driver.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 1, 2022

He worked as a bellman for 23 years at the Chateau Marmont before it closed down in March.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2020

Mr. Clarke, the resort bellman, also said Mr. Mitchel did not seem anxious about his job.

From New York Times ● Aug. 9, 2019

Daddy worked at the Greenbriar as a bellman in addition to doing side jobs.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson

Guest room attendants, cocktail and food servers, porters, bellmen, cooks, bartenders, and laundry and kitchen workers were among those walking the picket line in front of Virgin Hotels, formerly the Hard Rock Las Vegas.

From Seattle Times ● May 12, 2024

They have a series of planning meetings where doormen, bellmen and butlers recount what each guest likes in order to make sure the hotel has that particular wine or bourbon, for example, in stock.

From New York Times ● May 31, 2019

While bellmen and room service are considered “tipping staff,” the butlers do not expect fiscal rewards for their work, beyond the Plaza’s paycheck.

From Time ● Aug. 16, 2017

He made banter with supermarket clerks, bellmen, bus drivers—everyone.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2016

During summers home from Institute, the Coleman boys pulled stints as bellmen, and Katherine and her sister took jobs as personal maids to individual guests.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly


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