bag-carrier

noun

A person who carries someone's bags

Meanings

nounbag-carrier (plural bag-carriers)

plural bag-carriers

  1. A person who carries someone's bags
  2. informalA relatively unimportant assistant or spokesman of a more important person

    Gordon Brown's former bag-carrier Neal Lawson is in a state of ecstacy

    2007 August 30, Private Eye, number 1191
    1 more example

    Ryanair bag-carrier Peter Sherrard ranted Diary entry edited by Sophie Brodie

    2007 August 24, Daily Telegraph, numbers 47, 344, page B8
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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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