Dictionary

bagger en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /ˈbæɡɚ/ (US)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈbæɡə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈbæːɡə/ (Australia, Southern-England)

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English bagger, baggere, baggare, equivalent to bag + -er (agent noun suffix).

Meanings

1. One who bags.
2. One who bags. ▸ A retail employee who bags customers' purchases and carries them to the customers' vehicles.

Forms

Deriveds

four-bagger · double-bagger · gallybagger · teabagger · Munro bagger · brown-bagger · wagger-pagger-bagger · one-bagger · three-bagger · carpet bagger · she-bagger · rag bagger · rag-bagger · two-bagger

Hyponyms

bag boy

Synonyms

courtesy clerk · sacker

bagger en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• /ˈbæɡɚ/ (US)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈbæɡə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈbæːɡə/ (Australia, Southern-England)

Etymology

Etymology tree Old Norse baggibor.? Old French baguebor.? Middle English bagge English bag Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English bagger From bag + -er (relational noun suffix).

Meanings

1. (attributive, sometimes) A touring motorcycle equipped with saddlebags.

Forms