Definition of Baggageman

1. Noun. An attendant who takes care of baggage.

Generic synonyms: Attendant, Attender, Tender

Definition of Baggageman

1. Noun. (American English) a railway employee who was in charge of the baggage car, storing and retrieving passenger's baggage and sometimes handling mail ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Baggageman

bagful
bagfuls
baggable
baggage-claim
baggage car
baggage carousel
baggage check
baggage claim
baggage claims
baggage handler
baggage handlers
baggage hold
baggage holds
baggage reclaim
baggageman (current term)
baggagemaster
baggagemasters
baggagemen
baggager
baggagers
baggages
baggala
baggalas
bagged
bagger
baggers
baggie
baggier
baggies

Literary usage of Baggageman

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Science of Railways by Marshall Monroe Kirkman (1907)
"The train baggageman looks down on the world obliquely from his car. ... The isolation of the baggageman tends to make him arbitrary. ..."

2. The Principles of the American Law of Bailments: A Companion to the Author's by John Davison Lawson (1895)
"The baggageman and His Powers.—The convenience of travelers requires that they shall have an opportunity of delivering baggage at any reasonable time before ..."

3. The Baggage, Parcel and Mail Traffic of Railroads: Explaining Its Practical by Marshall Monroe Kirkman (1881)
"The Train baggageman and his Duties Described—The Altitude from which he ... The train baggageman looks down on the world obliquely from the door of his ..."

4. A guide to the study of occupations: a selected critical bibliography of the by Frederick James Allen (1921)
"... L . SECTION IV baggageman TRANSPORTATION HUNGERFORD. The Modern Railroad, 93, the task of the baggage handler; and 251 and 252, assisting mail clerk and ..."

5. Passenger Train Traffic and Accounts ... Forming One of the Series of by Marshall Monroe Kirkman (1907)
"The train baggageman looks down on the world obliquely from his car. ... The isolation of the baggageman tends to make him arbitrary. ..."

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