bellhop
English
editEtymology
editShortening of bellhopper.
Noun
editbellhop (plural bellhops)
- 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.
Derived terms
editVerb
editbellhop (third-person singular simple present bellhops, present participle bellhopping, simple past and past participle bellhopped)
- (intransitive) To work as a bellhop.