BAGGAGE. Such articles as are carried by a traveller; luggage. Every thing which a passenger, carries, with him is not baggage. Large sums of money, for example, carried in a travelling trunk, will not be considered baggage, so as to render the carrier responsible. 9 Wend. R. 85. But a watch deposited in his trunk is part of his baggage. 10 Ohio R. 145. See, as to what is baggage, 6 Hill, R. 586 5 Rawle, 188, 189; 1 Pick. 50. 2. In general a common carrier of passengers is responsible for baggage, if lost, though no distinct price be paid for transporting it, it being included in the passenger's fare. Id. The carrier's responsibility for the baggage begins as soon as it has been delivered to him, or to his servants, or to some other person authorized by him to receive it. Then the delivery is complete. The risk and responsibility of the carrier is at an end as soon as he has delivered the baggage to the owner or his agent; and if an offer to deliver it be made at a proper time, the carrier will be discharged from responsibility, us 'such yet, if the baggage remain in his custody afterwards, he will hold as, bailee, and be responsible for it according to the terms of such bailment ana, R. 92. Vide Common Carriers 3. By the act of congress of March 2, 1799, sect. 46, 1 Story's L. U. S. 612, it is declared that all wearing apparel and other personal baggage, &c., of persons who shall arrive in the United States, shall be free and exempted from duty.

Source: Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
 

baggage \bag"gage\ (b[a^]g"g[asl]j), n. [F. bagage, from OF. bague bundle. In senses 6 and 7 cf. F. bagasse a prostitute. See Bag, n.]

1. The clothes, tents, utensils, and provisions of an army. [1913 Webster]

Note: "The term itself is made to apply chiefly to articles of clothing and to small personal effects." --Farrow. [1913 Webster]

2. The trunks, valises, satchels, etc., which a traveler carries with him on a journey; luggage. [1913 Webster]

The baronet's baggage on the roof of the coach. --Thackeray. [1913 Webster]

We saw our baggage following below. --Johnson. [1913 Webster]

Note: The English usually call this luggage. [1913 Webster]

3. Purulent matter. [Obs.]

--Barrough. [1913 Webster]

4. Trashy talk. [Obs.]

--Ascham. [1913 Webster]

5. A man of bad character. [Obs.]

--Holland. [1913 Webster]

6. A woman of loose morals; a prostitute. [1913 Webster]

A disreputable, daring, laughing, painted French baggage. --Thackeray. [1913 Webster]

7. A romping, saucy girl. [Playful] --Goldsmith. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

82 Moby Thesaurus words for "baggage": Gladstone, Jezebel, apparatus, attache case, backpack, bad woman, bag, bag and baggage, bandbox, bitch, briefcase, broad, cargo, carpetbag, carryall, chippy, clitoromaniac, cocotte, consignment, ditty bag, drab, duffel, duffel bag, dunnage, easy lay, easy woman, flight bag, floozy, footlocker, frail sister, freight, freightage, gear, goods, grip, grisette, handbag, harridan, haversack, holdall, hussy, hysteromaniac, impedimenta, jade, kit, kit bag, knapsack, lading, load, loose woman, luggage, nymphet, nympho, nymphomaniac, outfit, overnight bag, pack, payload, pickup, portmanteau, quean, rucksack, satchel, sea bag, shipment, slattern, slut, strumpet, suitcase, tackle, tart, tote bag, tramp, traps, traveling bag, trollop, trull, trunk, uteromaniac, wanton, wench, whore

Source: Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
 

baggage

Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
 

Baggage \Bag"gage\, n. [F. bagage, from OF. bague bungle. In senses 6 and 7 cf. F. bagasse a prostitute. See Bag, n.]

1. The clothes, tents, utensils, and provisions of an army.

Note: ``The term itself is made to apply chiefly to articles of clothing and to small personal effects.'' --Farrow.

2. The trunks, valises, satchels, etc., which a traveler carries with him on a journey; luggage.

The baronet's baggage on the roof of the coach. --Thackeray.

We saw our baggage following below. --Johnson.

Note: The English usually call this luggage.

3. Purulent matter. [Obs.]

--Barrough.

4. Trashy talk. [Obs.]

--Ascham.

5. A man of bad character. [Obs.]

--Holland.

6. A woman of loose morals; a prostitute.

A disreputable, daring, laughing, painted French baggage. --Thackeray.

7. A romping, saucy girl. [Playful] --Goldsmith.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)