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baggage

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bag·gage  (bgj)
n.
1. The trunks, bags, parcels, and suitcases in which one carries one's belongings while traveling; luggage.
2. The movable equipment and supplies of an army.
3. Superfluous or burdensome practices, regulations, ideas, or traits.
4.
a. A woman prostitute.
b. An impudent girl or woman.

[Middle English bagage, from Old French bague, bundle, perhaps of Germanic origin. Sense 4, perhaps from French bagasse, from Provençal bagassa, ultimately from Arabic bay, prostitute, from ba, to fornicate; see by in Semitic roots.]

baggage
Noun
1. suitcases packed for a journey
2. an army's portable equipment
3. Informal previous knowledge or experience that may have an influence in new circumstances: cultural baggage [Old French bagage]
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Noun1.baggagebaggage - cases used to carry belongings when traveling
suitcase, traveling bag, travelling bag, grip, bag - a portable rectangular container for carrying clothes; "he carried his small bag onto the plane with him"
case - a portable container for carrying several objects; "the musicians left their instrument cases backstage"
dressing case - a small piece of luggage for carrying brushes and bottles and toilet articles while traveling
handgrip, handle, grip, hold - the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it; "he grabbed the hammer by the handle"; "it was an old briefcase but it still had a good grip"
hand luggage - luggage that is light enough to be carried by hand
hatbox - a round piece of luggage for carrying hats
imperial - a piece of luggage carried on top of a coach
satchel - luggage consisting of a small case with a flat bottom and (usually) a shoulder strap
strap - an elongated leather strip (or a strip of similar material) for binding things together or holding something in position
trunk - luggage consisting of a large strong case used when traveling or for storage
2.baggage - a worthless or immoral woman
adult female, woman - an adult female person (as opposed to a man); "the woman kept house while the man hunted"
3.baggage - the portable equipment and supplies of an army
impedimenta - the baggage and equipment carried by an army
equipage, materiel - equipment and supplies of a military force

baggage
Translations
Spanish baggage [ˈbægɪdʒ] nequipaje m
French baggage [ˈbægɪdʒ] bag nbagages mpl
German baggage [ˈbægɪdʒ] nGepäck nt
Italian baggage [ˈbægɪdʒ] nbagagli mpl

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