"baggageman" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: baggagemen [plural]
Etymology: From baggage + -man. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|baggage|-man|text=+|tree=1}} From baggage + -man., {{ety|en|:af|baggage|-man|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English baggage Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Middle English man Middle English -man English -man English baggageman From baggage + -man. Head templates: {{en-noun|baggagemen}} baggageman (plural baggagemen)
  1. (US) A railway employee who was in charge of the baggage car, storing and retrieving passenger's baggage and sometimes handling mail. Tags: US

Inflected forms

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