Meanings
satchel1
plural satchels
- A bag or case with one or two shoulder straps, especially used to carry books etc.
A young culprit has been caught in the fact of robbing an orchard, and brought back to his master, who stands over him with an iron face of angry authority;—the very apples, as if anxious to bear witness against him, are tumbling from his satchel.
1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XVI, in Romance and Reality. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 2391 more example
"Come, now, take yourselves off, like good boys and girls," he said; and the whole assemblage, dark and light, disappeared through a door into a large verandah, followed by Eva, who carried a large satchel, which she had been filling with apples, nuts, candy, ribbons, laces, and toys of every description, during her whole homeward journey.
1852, Harriet Beecher Stowe, “Of Tom's New Master, and Various Other Matters” (chapter XV), in Uncle Tom's cabin^(https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Uncle_Tom%27s_Cabin_(1852)), volume 1, Boston: John P[unchard] Jewett & Company; Cleveland, Ohio: Jewett, Proctor & Worthington, page 239
Satchel2
- A surname.
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Latinsacculus
- Late Latinsaccellum“money bag, purse”
- Old Frenchsachel
- Middle Englishsachel
- Englishsatchel
First recorded circa 1340 as Middle English sachel, from Old French sachel, from Late Latin saccellum (“money bag, purse”), a diminutive of Latin sacculus, itself a diminutive of saccus (“bag”). See sack.
More words from Middle English, Old French, Late Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian чанта за гръб
- чанта за гръб (čanta za grăb)bag or case with one or two shoulder straps
Catalan cartera, motxilla
- carterabag or case with one or two shoulder straps
- motxillabag or case with one or two shoulder straps
Chinese Mandarin 書包 /书包, 挎包
- 書包 /书包 (shūbāo)bag or case with one or two shoulder straps
- 挎包 (kuàbāo)bag or case with one or two shoulder straps
Czech aktovka, brašna
- aktovkabag or case with one or two shoulder straps
- brašnabag or case with one or two shoulder straps
Dutch ransel, rugzak
- ranselbag or case with one or two shoulder straps
- rugzakbag or case with one or two shoulder straps
- rugtasbag or case with one or two shoulder straps
Esperanto paperujo
- paperujobag or case with one or two shoulder straps
Finnish olkalaukku, reppu
- olkalaukkubag or case with one or two shoulder straps
- reppubag or case with one or two shoulder straps
- koulureppubag or case with one or two shoulder straps
French cartable
- cartablebag or case with one or two shoulder straps
German Schultasche, Ranzen
- Schultaschebag or case with one or two shoulder straps
- Ranzenbag or case with one or two shoulder straps
- Schulranzenbag or case with one or two shoulder straps
- Tornisterbag or case with one or two shoulder straps
- Umhängetaschebag or case with one or two shoulder straps
Hebrew תִּיק גַּב, יַלְקוּט
- תִּיק גַּב (tík gáv)bag or case with one or two shoulder straps
- יַלְקוּט (yalkút)bag or case with one or two shoulder straps
- תַּרְמִיל (tarmíl)bag or case with one or two shoulder straps
Hungarian hátitáska, iskolatáska
- hátitáskabag or case with one or two shoulder straps
- iskolatáskabag or case with one or two shoulder straps
Indonesian tas buku
- tas bukubag or case with one or two shoulder straps
Irish mála scoile
- mála scoilebag or case with one or two shoulder straps
Italian zaino, cartella
- zainobag or case with one or two shoulder straps
- cartellabag or case with one or two shoulder straps
Japanese 通学鞄, 学生鞄
- 通学鞄 (tsūgakukaban)bag or case with one or two shoulder straps
- 学生鞄 (gakuseikaban)bag or case with one or two shoulder straps
Latin pēra
- pērabag or case with one or two shoulder straps
Norwegian skulderveske, ransel
- skulderveskebag or case with one or two shoulder straps
- ranselbag or case with one or two shoulder straps
Polish tornister
- tornisterbag or case with one or two shoulder straps
Portuguese bolsa
- bolsabag or case with one or two shoulder straps
Romanian ghiozdan, raniță
- ghiozdanbag or case with one or two shoulder straps
- ranițăbag or case with one or two shoulder straps
Russian ра́нец, су́мка
- ра́нецbag or case with one or two shoulder straps
- су́мкаbag or case with one or two shoulder straps
- портфе́льbag or case with one or two shoulder straps
Scottish Gaelic màileid, poca
- màileidbag or case with one or two shoulder straps
- pocabag or case with one or two shoulder straps
Spanish mochila, morral
- mochilabag or case with one or two shoulder straps
- morralbag or case with one or two shoulder straps
- chuspabag or case with one or two shoulder straps
Turkish omuz çantası, sırt çantası
- omuz çantasıbag or case with one or two shoulder straps
- sırt çantasıbag or case with one or two shoulder straps
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with satchel
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Cite this entry
satchel. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/satchel
“satchel.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/satchel. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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