: a hotel or club employee who escorts guests to rooms, assists them with luggage, and runs errands
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Like Hackman, Cagney came into the movie business with years of real life experience under his belt, having worked as a junior architect, a custodian, a bellhop, and even a lightweight boxer.
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Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 1 Mar. 2025
Employees on the picket line included housekeepers, porters, bellhops and servers.
—John Yoo and John Shu, Newsweek, 23 Jan. 2025
In Las Vegas, an army of service workers—bellhops, cooks, servers, and room attendants—tune in each morning.
—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
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Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 1 Mar. 2025
Employees on the picket line included housekeepers, porters, bellhops and servers.
—John Yoo and John Shu, Newsweek, 23 Jan. 2025
In Las Vegas, an army of service workers—bellhops, cooks, servers, and room attendants—tune in each morning.
—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
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“Bellhop.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bellhop. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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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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