BAGMAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bagman mean? 

• BAGMAN (noun)
  The noun BAGMAN has 2 senses:

1. a salesman who travels to call on customers

2. a racketeer assigned to collect or distribute payoff money

  Familiarity information: BAGMAN used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BAGMAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A salesman who travels to call on customers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

bagman; commercial traveler; commercial traveller; roadman; traveling salesman; travelling salesman

Hypernyms ("bagman" is a kind of...):

salesman (a man salesperson)

interpreter; representative; spokesperson; voice (an advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bagman"):

tallyman (one who sells goods on the installment plan)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A racketeer assigned to collect or distribute payoff money

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("bagman" is a kind of...):

racketeer (someone who commits crimes for profit (especially one who obtains money by fraud or extortion))