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baggage.

Portable cases, large bags, and similar equipment for manually carrying, pushing, or pulling personal items while traveling

7 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈbæɡɪd͡ʒ/
  1. Portable cases, large bags, and similar equipment for manually carrying, pushing, or pulling personal items while traveling

    uncountable · usually
    Please put your baggage in the trunk.
  2. Factors, especially psychological ones, which interfere with a person's ability to function effectively.

    informal · uncountable · usually
    This person has got a lot of emotional baggage.
  3. A woman. A female, especially one who is saucy, impudent.

    countable · derogatory · obsolete · usually
  4. An army's portable equipment; its baggage train.

    uncountable · usually
Where this word comes from

From Middle English bagage, from Old French bagage, baguage, from bague (“bundle, sack”), of Germanic/North Germanic origin, probably from the same ultimate source as Old Norse baggi (“pack, bundle”). Compare also bag. By surface analysis, bag + -age. The old meaning of "nasty woman" likely derives from the sense of "something awkward to be carried" (compare faggot).

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