baggagemaster

American  

[bag-ij-mas-ter, -mah-ster] / ˈbæg ɪdʒˌmæs tər, -ˈmɑ stər /

noun

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

---

Etymology

Origin of baggagemaster

First recorded in 1805–15; baggage + master

Example Sentences

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

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From A Man of Samples Something about the men he met "On the Road" by Maher, William H.

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

From The Bobbsey Twins at the Seashore by Hope, Laura Lee