baggagemaster

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

noun

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

Origin of baggagemaster

First recorded in 1805–15; baggage + master

Words nearby baggagemaster

Example sentences from the Web for baggagemaster

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

    A Man of Samples |Wm. H. Maher