boxkeeper

boxkeeper

English

Etymology

From box +‎ keeper.

Noun

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 […] .