bell captain

noun

bell captain

noun

1

A supervisor of bellhops in a hotel.

He returned to his hotel that afternoon . . . but he received an electric shock as he approached the desk, for the bell captain addressed him, saying: "Mr. Haviland wishes to see you at once, in his office."c. 1920, Rex Ellingwood Beach, chapter 2, in Flowing Gold:

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