baggagemaster

[ bag-ij-mas-ter, -mah-ster ]

noun

1. a person employed, especially by a railroad, bus company, or steamship line, to take charge of passengers' baggage.

Word History and Origins

Origin of baggagemaster¹

First recorded in 1805–15; baggage + master

Example Sentences

You will find the baggagemaster, the cook, the Professor of English Literature and the College President in the same company.

From Project Gutenberg

"No, no, Steinhouser," the baggagemaster shouts as a tinny piano bangs out a tune.

From Time Magazine Archive

Just then the baggagemaster had taken a dipper of water from the barrel, and was drinking it, when a sepulchral voice, that seemed to come from the coffin, said: "Dammit, let me out!"

From Project Gutenberg

You will find the baggagemaster, the cook, the Professor of English Literature and the College President in the same company.

From Project Gutenberg

"Don't you want a job?" the baggagemaster asked Freddie.

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