"bag-carrier" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: bag-carriers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} bag-carrier (plural bag-carriers)
  1. A person who carries someone's bags
    Sense id: en-bag-carrier-en-noun-Mmn6Th~S
  2. (informal) A relatively unimportant assistant or spokesman of a more important person Tags: informal Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-bag-carrier-en-noun-XvGUHvd2 Disambiguation of People: 43 57 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 76 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 16 84 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 30 70

Inflected forms

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