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Bagman

Definitions: Bagman

Bagman

Noun

1. A salesman who travels to call on customers.

2. A racketeer assigned to collect or distribute payoff money.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "bagman" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1838. (references)

Synonyms: Bagman

Synonyms: commercial traveler (n), commercial traveller (n), roadman (n), traveling salesman (n), travelling salesman (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Bagman

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Consignee

Traveler, bagman, commis-voyageur, touter, commercial traveler, drummer, traveling man.

Petitioner

Canvasser, bagman; salesman.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Bagman

English words defined with "bagman": Bagmen. (references)

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Modern Usage: Bagman

DomainUsage

Movie/TV Titles

The Bagman (2002)

Kitty and the Bagman (1982)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Bagman

DomainTitle

Books

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Bagman

"Bagman" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 80.00% of the time. "Bagman" is used about 5 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)80%4175,879
Noun (proper)20%1339,140
                    Total100.00%5N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: Bagman

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "bagman": bagman-fox.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Bagman

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

bagman florida

12

bagman

9

bagman boards

7

bagman ludo

3

bagman mame

3

bagman game play

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Bagman

Language Translations for "bagman"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

tregtar shetitës (Hawker), mbledhës parash. (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏تاجر متنقل. (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

търговски пътник (commercial, drummer, rep, salesman, traveling salesman, travelling salesman), амбулантен търговец (cheap jack, packman, peddler, pedlar, peripatetic, pushcart man, vender, vendor), пласьор (distributor, marketing agent, solicitor). (various references)

   

Danish

  

pusher (addict-peddler, addict-pusher, broker, candyman, dealer, pusher), narkotikaforhandler (broker, candyman, dealer), handler (broker, candyman, dealer, handler). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

stuffverkoper (broker, candyman, dealer), stuffhandelaar (broker, candyman, dealer), drughandelaar (broker, candyman, dealer), dealer (agent, broker, candyman, dealer, trader). (various references)

   

French

  

vendeur de drogues, revendeur, intermédiaire, commerçant bagage, aide de caisse (bag-boy, bagger, bag-girl). (various references)

   

German

  

Bagman (broker, candyman, dealer), Drogenhändler (broker, candyman, dealer, peddler, pedlar), Dealer (broker, candyman, dealer, pusher). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

ντίλερ (big man, bingle, broker, candyman, dealer), πλασιέ (commercial traveller, door to door salesman). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

ügynök (agent, broker, business agent, drummer, factor, goer between, mole, scrivener, solicitor, spy). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

saudagar kecil. (various references)

   

Italian

  

spacciatore (broker, candyman, dealer, pusher), dealer (broker, candyman, dealer), commesso viaggiatore (sales representative, salesman, traveler, traveller). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

agmanbay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

dealer (big man, bingle, broker, candyman, dealer, drug supplier, narcotics distributor, purveyor of drugs), controle (broker, candyman, command, control, dealer, domination, governess, grip, hand, manage, mastership, pusher, tune up), caixeiro-viajante (drum-fish, drumstick, rider, sales representative, salesman, traveler, traveller). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

negustor ambulant (chapman, Hawker, huckster, pavement pusher, pedlar, vender), comis-voiajor (commercial traveller, drummer, outrider, traveller, travelling salesman). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

странствующий торговец (chapman). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

trgovački putnik (commercial traveler, commercial traveller, drummer, traveling salesman). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

viajante (traveler, traveller, travelling salesman), moro (broker, candyman, dealer, Mauretanian, moor, Moorish, Moresque), dealer (broker, candyman, dealer), díler (broker, candyman, dealer). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

provryttare. (various references)

   

Thai

  

คนกรรโชกทรัพย์. (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

сортувальник пошти, комівояжер (drummer, outrider, salesman, solicitor, tout, traveller), жива лисиця, лахмітник (junkman, old clothesman, ragman, ragpicker). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

người đi ch o h ng. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Misspellings: Bagman

Misspellings

"Bagman" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Badgan, badman, bagan, Bagna, Bagnar, bagnini, baguan, bagwan, Bahman, Balmano, bama, Baman, Basman, bauman, beman, Bhagya, Bhajman, bigemini, Biglan, Bigman, bigme, Biman, Bingaman, binman, bioglan, bogman, bogmen, Bragman, Bufman, bugman. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Bagman"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "bagman" (pronounced ba"gmun)
5-a" g m u nragmen.
3-m u nabdomen, acumen, adman, admen, airman, albumin, alderman, antihistamine, Ashman, assemblywoman, backgammon, backwoodsman, Badman, barman, baseman, bayman, bellman, Benjamin, bitumen, Boardman, boatman, bookman, Bowman, bowmen, brakeman, bushman, businesswoman, cameraman, Carman, Carmen, carmine, cattlemen, Cayman, chairman, chairwoman, Chapman, chessman, chrismon, churchman, churchmen, cinnamon, clergyman, coachman, cochairman, committeeman, common, congressman, congresswoman, corpsman, councilman, councilwoman, councilwomen, countryman, cowman, craftsman, craftsmen, crewman, daemon, dairymen, Daman, demon, desman, determine, Dolman, draftsman, draftsmen, dromon, dustman, Dutchman, Ermine, Everyman, examine, famine, ferryman, fireman, firemen, Firman, footman, foramen, foreman, foremen, forewoman, Freedman, Freeman, freshman, gammon, gentleman, gentlewoman, gentlewomen, german, Goodman, gunman, hangman, headman, headsman, henchman, henchmen, Herdman, Hetman, horseman, horsemen, houseman, human, huntsman, hymen, illumine, infantryman, inhuman, jasmine, Kirkman, Landman, landsman, lawman, layman, laymen, Leman, lemon, Letterman, Liman, Lineman, linemen, lobsterman, longshoremen, lumen, madmen, marksman, messman, midshipman, newswoman, newswomen, nobleman, noblewoman, nonhuman, nurserymen, oarsman, ombudsman, omen, ottoman, Outman, overman, Packman, Penman, pitchman, Pitman, Plowman, policeman, policewoman, postman, predetermine, pressman, Pullman, reexamine, regimen, rifleman, Rodman, roman, rumen, salarymen, salesman, saleswoman, saleswomen, salmon, seaman, seamen, seedsman, semen, sermon, shaman, Shipman, showman, Spearman, specimen, spokesman, spokeswoman, sportsman, statesman, Stillman, Stockman, subhuman, summon, superhuman, superwoman, talisman, Telamon, thiamin, timberman, Titman, Toman, townsman, tradesmen, trainmen, uncommon, vitamin, watchman, Waterman, watermen, wingman, wireman, woman, women, Woodman, woodsmen, Woolman, workman, yachtsman, yeoman.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Bagman

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-b-g-m-n"

-1 letter: gamba.

-2 letters: agma, anga, bang, gama, gamb, mana.

-3 letters: aba, aga, ama, ana, baa, bag, bam, ban, gab, gam, gan, mag, man, nab, nag, nam.

-4 letters: aa, ab, ag, am, an, ba, ma, na.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-b-g-m-n"
 

+1 letter: mangaby.

 

+2 letters: bargeman, galbanum, mangabey, sambaing.

 

+3 letters: balsaming, galbanums, mangabeys, mangabies.

 

+4 letters: ambulating, backgammon, bemadaming, blancmange, garbageman, garbagemen, imaginable, imaginably, lambasting, manageable, manageably, submanager.

 

+5 letters: abominating, adumbrating, ambuscading, backgammons, blancmanges, submanagers, submarginal, thingamabob, vagabondism.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Bagman


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

42 61 67 6D 61 6E

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

-...    .-    --.    --    .-    -.

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000010 01100001 01100111 01101101 01100001 01101110

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#66 &#97 &#103 &#109 &#97 &#110

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0042 0061 0067 006D 0061 006E

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

366773796780

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Usage Frequency
7. Expressions
8. Expressions: Internet
9. Translations: Modern
10. Derivations
11. Rhymes
12. Anagrams
13. Orthography
14. Bibliography


  

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