baggage Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun cases used to carry belongings when traveling
    luggage.
  2. noun a worthless or immoral woman
  3. noun the portable equipment and supplies of an army

WordNet

Bag"gage noun
Etymology
F. bagage, from OF. bague bungle. In senses 6 and 7 cf. F. bagasse a prostitute. See Bag, n.
Definitions
  1. The clothes, tents, utensils, and provisions of an army. ✍ "The term itself is made to apply chiefly to articles of clothing and to small personal effects." Farrow.
  2. The trunks, valises, satchels, etc., which a traveler carries with him on a journey; luggage.
    The baronet's baggage on the roof of the coach. Thackeray.
    We saw our baggage following below. Johnson.
    ✍ The English usually call this luggage.
  3. Purulent matter. Obs. Barrough.
  4. Trashy talk. Obs. Ascham.
  5. A man of bad character. Obs. Holland.
  6. A woman of loose morals; a prostitute.
    A disreputable, daring, laughing, painted French baggage. Thackeray.
  7. A romping, saucy girl. Playful Goldsmith.

Webster 1913