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bell captains

bell captains is the plural of bell captain.

Meaning of bell captain

Noun

bell captain (plural bell captains)

  1. A supervisor of bellhops in a hotel.
    • He returned to his hotel that afternoon . . . but he received an electric shock as he approached the desk, for the bell captain addressed him, saying: "Mr. Haviland wishes to see you at once, in his office."c. 1920, Rex Ellingwood Beach, chapter 2, in Flowing Gold

Questions about bell captains

What is bell captains the plural of?
Bell captains is the plural of bell captain.

Words near bell captains in the dictionary

  1. Bell Busk
  2. bell button
  3. bell buttons
  4. Bell Canyon
  5. bell captain
  6. bell captains
  7. bell cart
  8. bell carts
  9. bell character
  10. bell characters
  11. bell chord

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