noun
Meaning 1
One who bags.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
bagger
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Sound
Pronunciation
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US: /ˈbæɡɚ/
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈbæɡə/
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Australian, Southern-England: /ˈbæːɡə/
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rhymes with -æɡə(ɹ)
noun
Meaning 2
One who bags.
A retail employee who bags customers' purchases and carries them to the customers' vehicles.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: courtesy clerk, sacker
Antonyms: none provided
Narrower terms: bag boy
noun
Meaning 3
A touring motorcycle equipped with saddlebags.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: attributive, sometimes
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
a machine for putting objects or substances into bags
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: machine
noun
Meaning 5
a workman employed to pack things into containers
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: packer, boxer
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: workman, workingman, working man, working person
History
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English bagger, baggere, baggare, equivalent to bag + -er (agent noun suffix).
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).
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