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bag-carrier

bag-carrier noun: a person who carries someone's bags.

Noun

bag-carrier (plural bag-carriers)

  1. A person who carries someone's bags
  2. (informal) A relatively unimportant assistant or spokesman of a more important person
    • Ryanair bag-carrier Peter Sherrard ranted Diary entry edited by Sophie Brodie2007 August 24, Daily Telegraph, numbers 47, 344, page B8
    • Gordon Brown's former bag-carrier Neal Lawson is in a state of ecstacy2007 August 30, Private Eye, number 1191

Forms of bag-carrier

pluralbag-carriers

Questions about bag-carrier

What does bag-carrier mean?
Bag-carrier means a person who carries someone's bags.
What part of speech is bag-carrier?
Bag-carrier is a noun.
What is the plural of bag-carrier?
The plural of bag-carrier is bag-carriers.

Words near bag-carrier in the dictionary

  1. bag up
  2. bag valve mask
  3. bag valve masks
  4. bag wig
  5. bag wigs
  6. bag-carrier
  7. bag-carriers
  8. bag-in-box
  9. bag-o'-tricks
  10. bag-o-tricks
  11. Bag-Ong Barrio

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