Bellman

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A bellhop.
  • n. A town crier.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A town crier
  • n. A bellhop or bellboy
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A man who rings a bell, especially to give notice of anything in the streets. Formerly, also, a night watchman who called the hours.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A man who rings a bell; specifically, one employed to cry public notices and call attention by ringing a bell; a town crier.
  • n. Formerly, a night-watchman, part of whose duty it was to call out the hours, the state of the weather, and other information, as he passed.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. someone employed as an errand boy and luggage carrier around hotels
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