bagman

noun

bag·​man ˈbag-mən How to pronounce bagman (audio)
1
chiefly British : traveling salesman
2
: a person who on behalf of another collects or distributes illicitly gained money
broadly : an intermediary in an illicit or unethical transaction

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Scott will not be back for the BMW Championship, and Scheffler will have a new bagman carrying his bag. Julio Cesar Valdera Morales, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Aug. 2025 Seibert’s sage-but-kooky bird (stunningly costumed by Shelby Newport in a fabulous cloak of multicolored neckties, sort of like a bohemian bagman) delivers both great laughs and deep feeling. Duante Beddingfield, Freep.com, 30 July 2025 André Bishop began his career in the theater as a bagman. Michael Riedel, Air Mail, 12 July 2025 The woman, fearful of the threat that the FBI would arrest her, prosecutors say, followed the instructions and liquidated hundreds of thousands of dollars from her retirement savings to buy gold bars and then handed the bars over to the bagmen. Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 25 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for bagman

Word History

First Known Use

1808, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of bagman was in 1808

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“Bagman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bagman. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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