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boxkeeper

boxkeeper noun: a theatre attendant in charge of the boxes.

Noun

boxkeeper (plural boxkeepers)

  1. (historical) A theatre attendant in charge of the boxes.
    • I descended, escorted by the fruit-woman, who desired a box-keeper to open the door of Mrs Pott's box […] .1808–10, William Hickey, Memoirs of a Georgian Rake, Folio Society 1995, p. 255

Forms of boxkeeper

pluralboxkeepers

Origin of boxkeeper

From box + keeper.

Questions about boxkeeper

What does boxkeeper mean?
Boxkeeper means a theatre attendant in charge of the boxes.
What part of speech is boxkeeper?
Boxkeeper is a noun.
What is the plural of boxkeeper?
The plural of boxkeeper is boxkeepers.

Words near boxkeeper in the dictionary

  1. boxing time
  2. boxing up
  3. boxing week
  4. boxing weeks
  5. boxings
  6. boxkeeper
  7. boxkeepers
  8. boxla
  9. boxless
  10. boxlessness
  11. Boxley

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