baggage: Meaning and Definition of

bag•gage

1. trunks, suitcases, etc., used in traveling; luggage.
2. the portable equipment of an army.
3. 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.
1. a woman.
2. a prostitute or disreputable woman.
5. a pert, playful young woman or girl.