"brownbagger" meaning in All languages combined

See brownbagger on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-brownbagger.wav [US] Forms: brownbaggers [plural], brown-bagger [alternative]
Etymology: Etymology tree English brown bag Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English brownbagger From brown bag + -er. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|brown bag|-er<id:occupation>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English brown bag Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English brownbagger [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "agent noun", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "nom.", "keyword_label" : "Nominalization of", "terms" : [ { "id" : "adjective", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "adjective", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "suffix", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-yós", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-āzijos", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ārius", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "nominalization" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ārius", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*-ārijaz", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "term" : "*-ārī", "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Old English", "term" : "-ere", "lang" : "ang" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "-ere", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-er", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "brownbagger", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="brownbagger"> From brown bag + -er. Head templates: {{en-noun}} brownbagger (plural brownbaggers)
  1. (US, colloquial) A person who brings their own lunch to work. Tags: US, colloquial
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  2. (US, colloquial, derogatory) Synonym of butterface. Tags: US, colloquial, derogatory Synonyms: butterface [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-brownbagger-en-noun-qgA22Jyh Categories (other): American English, Sexism Disambiguation of Sexism: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: brown-bag
Categories (other): Face Disambiguation of Face: 0 0

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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