boxkeeper

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From box +‎ keeper.

Noun[edit]

boxkeeper (plural boxkeepers)

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