- trunks, suitcases, etc., used in traveling; luggage.
- the portable equipment of an army.
- things that encumber one's freedom, progress, development, or adaptability; impediments: intellectual baggage that keeps one from thinking clearly; neurotic conflicts that arise from struggling with too much emotional baggage.
- Archaic.
- a worthless woman.
- a prostitute or disreputable woman.
- a pert, playful young woman or girl: a pretty baggage; a saucy baggage.
- suitcases, bags, etc, packed for a journey; luggage
- (as modifier)
- an army's portable equipment
- informal, old-fashioned
- a pert young woman
- an immoral woman or prostitute
- a cantankerous old woman
- previous knowledge and experience that a person may use or be influenced by in new circumstances
