lugger

Meaning

Noun

• That which lugs in either literal or figurative senses.
• One who lugs, especially one whose job entails pulling or moving heavy objects.
• A conman.
• A person hired by a gambling establishment to locate potential customers and bring them in.
• A small vessel having two or three masts, and a running bowsprit, and carrying lugsails.
• An Indian falcon (Falco jugger), similar to the European lanner and the American prairie falcon.

Origin

• Composed in English of lug + -er. Attested since the early 17th century.
• Likely from lugsail,, but compare also Middle Dutch luggen.
• Variant of laggar falcon, from Hindi लग्गर.