boxkeeper

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noun

A theatre attendant in charge of the boxes.

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Meanings

nounboxkeeper (plural boxkeepers)

plural boxkeepers

  1. historicalA 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

Origin

From box + keeper.

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APA

boxkeeper. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/boxkeeper

MLA

“boxkeeper.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/boxkeeper. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “boxkeeper,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/boxkeeper.

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