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Definition of Baggage
1. Noun. Cases used to carry belongings when traveling.
Specialized synonyms: Bag, Grip, Suitcase, Traveling Bag, Travelling Bag, Dressing Case, Hand Luggage, Hatbox, Imperial, Satchel, Trunk
Generic synonyms: Case
Terms within: Grip, Handgrip, Handle, Hold, Strap
Derivative terms: Lug
2. Noun. A worthless or immoral woman.
3. Noun. The portable equipment and supplies of an army.
Definition of Baggage
1. n. The clothes, tents, utensils, and provisions of an army.
Definition of Baggage
1. Noun. (usually uncountable) Luggage; traveling equipment ¹
2. Noun. (uncountable usually pejorative informal) Factors that restrict a person's freedom, often in an intellectual or psychological way ¹
3. Noun. (obsolete countable pejorative) A woman ¹
4. Noun. (military countable and uncountable) An army's portable equipment; its baggage train. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Baggage
1. luggage [n -S] - See also: luggage
Medical Definition of Baggage
1. 1. The clothes, tents, utensils, and provisions of an army. "The term itself is made to apply chiefly to articles of clothing and to small personal effects." 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) The English usually call this luggage. 3. Purulent matter. 4. Trashy talk. 5. A man of bad character. 6. A woman of loose morals; a prostitute. "A disreputable, daring, laughing, painted French baggage." (Thackeray) 7. A romping, saucy girl. Origin: F. Bagage, from OF. Bague bungle. In senses 6 and 7 cf. F. Bagasse a prostitute. See Bag. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Baggage
Literary usage of Baggage
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Hand-book of the Law of Torts by Edwin Ames Jaggard (1895)
"liable for want of reasonable care of baggage ... Union Depot Company is agent
of connecting roads for baggage checking. See Ahl- beck v. ..."
2. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1888)
"The same inspector Peterson had signed and issued the certificate ou the baggage
declaration. There was an appraiser on the pier in question some time on ..."
3. Annual Report of the Attorney-general of the United States by United States Dept. of Justice, United States Attorney-General (1892)
"Transfer self and baggage in St. Louis $1.00 Necessary porterage, 25 cents; ...
Messenger service on Government business .25 Supper, 80 cents; baggage ..."
4. An American Glossary by Richard Hopwood Thornton (1912)
"A ticket given by a railway, an express company, &c., as a temporary receipt for
a piece of baggage : see quot. 1861. Hence, to check baggage, ..."
5. In Darkest Africa, Or, The Quest, Rescue, and Retreat of Emin, Governor of by Sir Henry Morton Stanley (1890)
"Casati arrives—Mr. Bonny appears with Awash Effendi and his baggage—• The rarest
doctor in the world - Discovery of some chimpanzees— The Pasha in his ..."
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