bag-carrier

English

Noun

bag-carrier (plural bag-carriers)

1. A person who carries someone's bags
2. (informal) A relatively unimportant assistant or spokesman of a more important person
   • 2007 August 24, Daily Telegraph, numbers 47, 344, page B8:

     Ryanair bag-carrier Peter Sherrard ranted Diary entry edited by Sophie Brodie

   • 2007 August 30, Private Eye, number 1191:

     Gordon Brown's former bag-carrier Neal Lawson is in a state of ecstacy

Anagrams

• carrier bag