: a hotel or club employee who escorts guests to rooms, assists them with luggage, and runs errands
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In a stunt that's shown only briefly during the Jackass Number Two credits, for example, Steve-O fractured his back while falling down a flight of stairs in a bellhop cart.
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Sezin Devi Koehler,
Entertainment Weekly,
26 June 2026
Cars arrive at the covered porte-cochère, where a fleet of friendly bellhops whisk you and your luggage inside.
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Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
12 June 2026
And by Valentine’s Day 1974, more than 3,000 Californians, from gas station attendants to hotel bellhops, were out of work.
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Patt Morrison,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Mar. 2026
To cope with rising repair and maintenance costs, employees reported that hotel management began reducing service levels and cutting staff, replacing 10 of the hotel’s long-time bellhops and doormen with third-party valets.
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Aldo Svaldi,
Denver Post,
2 Mar. 2026
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Sezin Devi Koehler,
Entertainment Weekly,
26 June 2026
Cars arrive at the covered porte-cochère, where a fleet of friendly bellhops whisk you and your luggage inside.
—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
12 June 2026
And by Valentine’s Day 1974, more than 3,000 Californians, from gas station attendants to hotel bellhops, were out of work.
—
Patt Morrison,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Mar. 2026
To cope with rising repair and maintenance costs, employees reported that hotel management began reducing service levels and cutting staff, replacing 10 of the hotel’s long-time bellhops and doormen with third-party valets.
—
Aldo Svaldi,
Denver Post,
2 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for bellhop
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“Bellhop.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bellhop. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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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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