bellman
a bellhop.
a person who carries or rings a bell, especially a town crier or watchman.
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How to use bellman in a sentence
Rest assured, the bellman is not sticking a cotton tip up your nose.
The latest hotel amenity doesn’t involve massages or cookies: It’s a free coronavirus test. | Andrea Sachs | March 12, 2021 | Washington PostThey were a very old family with whom Snecky Hobart, the bellman, lodged.
Auld Licht Idylls | J. M. BarrieTrump was a game played with cards, as will appear by the following passage of Dekker's "bellman of London," 1608, sig.
I can't send a bellman about, to cry aloud and proclaim in the streets what you are pleased to call my heroism.
North and South | Elizabeth Cleghorn GaskellThe three signing their names are probably what we called bellman and beemen, collector, and heads of the swarm-enthusiasts.
Lord Ormont and his Aminta, Complete | George Meredith
In a very little while I was again walking by the bellman House, completely togged out in new apparel from head to heel.
Tramping on Life | Harry Kemp
British Dictionary definitions for bellman
/ (ˈbɛlmən) /
a man who rings a bell, esp (formerly) a town crier
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