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

Alfred Haney went South, became baggagemaster on a Southern railroad, and was killed in an accident.

From Project Gutenberg

At midnight I was checking my sample-trunk for Albany, and persuading the baggagemaster that 218 pounds were exactly 120.

From Project Gutenberg