BAGGAGE

baggage, luggage

(noun) cases used to carry belongings when traveling

baggage

(noun) the portable equipment and supplies of an army

baggage

(noun) a worthless or immoral woman

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

baggage (usually uncountable, plural baggages)

(usually, uncountable) Luggage; traveling equipment

(uncountable, informal) Factors, especially psychological ones, which interfere with a person's ability to function effectively.

(obsolete, countable, pejorative) A woman.

(military, countable and uncountable) An army's portable equipment; its baggage train.

Synonyms

• (luggage): luggage, gear, stuff, bags

Source: Wiktionary


Bag"gage, n. Etym: [F. bagage, from OF. bague bungle. In senses 6 and 7 cf. F. bagasse a prostitute. See Bag, n.]

1. The clothes, tents, utensils, and provisions of an army.

Note: "The term itself is made to apply chiefly to articles of clothing and to small personal effects." Farrow.

2. The trunks, valises, satchels, etc., which a traveler carries with him on a journey; luggage. The baronet's baggage on the roof of the coach. Thackeray. We saw our baggage following below. Johnson.

Note: The English usually call this luggage.

3. Purulent matter. [Obs.] Barrough.

4. Trashy talk. [Obs.] Ascham.

5. A man of bad character. [Obs.] Holland.

6. A woman of loose morals; a prostitute. A disreputable, daring, laughing, painted French baggage. Thackeray.

7. A romping, saucy girl. [Playful] Goldsmith.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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