1
: suitcases, trunks, and personal belongings of travelers : luggage
2
: transportable equipment especially of a military force
3
: intangible things (such as feelings, circumstances, or beliefs) that get in the way
emotional baggage
1
dated
: a contemptible or disreputable woman
"I can buy her off. If she took money from him—the mercenary, painted baggage!—why, then, she'll take it from me."—
Edward Bulwer-Lytton
Edward Bulwer-Lytton2
dated
: a young woman
Examples of baggage in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the WebDavid Jackson, USA TODAY, 25 June 2024
When Coffee Cargo Was Quarantined In the 1800s, sick passengers weren’t blamed for disease epidemics—their baggage and cargo was.
—JSTOR Daily, 24 June 2024
With Tokyo under siege from rising kaiju attacks, Dodgers baseball superstar Ken Sato (Christopher Sean) reluctantly returns home to take on the mantle of Ultraman with a lot of emotional baggage.
—Rafael Motamayor, IndieWire, 16 June 2024
To avoid any last-minute Delta baggage fees, check out our guide, below.
—Alex Schechter, Travel + Leisure, 5 June 2024
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Noun
DeSantis has largely run as Trump without the baggage.
—David Jackson, USA TODAY, 25 June 2024
When Coffee Cargo Was Quarantined In the 1800s, sick passengers weren’t blamed for disease epidemics—their baggage and cargo was.
—JSTOR Daily, 24 June 2024
With Tokyo under siege from rising kaiju attacks, Dodgers baseball superstar Ken Sato (Christopher Sean) reluctantly returns home to take on the mantle of Ultraman with a lot of emotional baggage.
—Rafael Motamayor, IndieWire, 16 June 2024
To avoid any last-minute Delta baggage fees, check out our guide, below.
—Alex Schechter, Travel + Leisure, 5 June 2024
See all Example Sentences for baggage
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“Baggage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/baggage. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.
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