bagger
|bag-ger|
🇺🇸
/ˈbæɡər/
🇬🇧
/ˈbæɡə/
one who bags (person or machine)
Etymology
'bagger' originates from English, specifically formed from the noun 'bag' + the agent suffix '-er', meaning 'one who bags'.
'bagger' developed in Modern English by adding the productive English suffix '-er' to Middle English 'bagge' (or Old Norse 'baggi'), producing an agent noun meaning 'one who puts into bags'.
Initially it meant simply 'one who puts into bags' (either a person or device); over time it acquired additional informal senses such as a touring motorcycle with saddlebags ('bagger').
Meanings by Part of Speech
Noun 1
a person (often in a grocery store) whose job is to put customers' purchases into bags.
The bagger quickly packed our groceries into paper bags.
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Noun 2
a machine used in factories or packaging lines that fills and seals products into bags.
The factory installed a new bagger to speed up the packaging process.
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Noun 3
informal U.S. term for a touring motorcycle equipped with saddlebags, or a rider of such a motorcycle.
He's got a big bagger and often goes on long weekend rides.
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Noun 4
a person who has shot or otherwise secured a game animal (one who 'bags' game).
He was the top bagger during hunting season, with several deer to his name.
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Last updated: 2025/12/31 02:54