bagman

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A person who collects, transports, or distributes illicit money, especially for the purpose of bribery, extortion, or the making of other improper payments. Australia,New-Zealand,US,informal
    — The accused are only the latest in a string of alleged bagmen, vote-riggers and ward-heelers charged with wrongdoing.
  2. A caddy.
  3. A staff assistant to a senior police officer (such as a Detective Sergeant for a Detective Inspector). UK,dated
  4. A secretary of (and keeper of equipment for) a Morris dancing side. UK
  5. A bookmaker. Australia,slang
  6. A tramp, hobo. Australia,dated,slang
  7. A travelling salesman. UK,dated,slang
  8. An officer assigned to travel with the president and carry the "nuclear football". US,slang
    — […] in a locked metal suitcase carried on the President's travels by a warrant officer irreverently known as "the bagman."
  9. A prominent fundraiser for a political party or similar cause. Canada,informal
    — 2016, David Akin, "Tory 'bagman' boasts about party's bank account, Toronto Sun, 28 May, Proud to call himself the "bagman" of the Conservative Party, former senator Irving Gerstein boasted about the financial health of his party Friday.

词形变化

bagmen plural bag man alternative

词源

Etymology tree
Old Norse baggibor.?
Old French baguebor.?
Middle English bagge
English bag
Proto-Indo-European *mon-
Proto-Germanic *mann-
Proto-West Germanic *mann
Old English mann
Middle English man
Middle English -man
English -man
English bagman
From bag + -man.
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