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satchel - 5 dictionary results

satch⋅el

[sach-uhl]
–noun
a small bag, sometimes with a shoulder strap.

Origin:
1300–50; ME sachel < OF < L saccellus, double dim. of saccus sack 1 ; see -elle


satcheled, adjective

Paige

[peyj]
–noun
Leroy Robert (“Satchel”), 1906–82, U.S. baseball player.
satch·el   (sāch'əl)   
n.  A small bag, often having a shoulder strap, used for carrying books or clothing.

[Middle English sachel, from Old French, from Late Latin saccellus, from Latin sacculus, diminutive of saccus, bag; see sack1.]
satch'eled adj., satch'el·ful' (-fŏŏl') n.

Satchel

Satch"el\n. [OF. sachel, fr. L. saccellus, dim. of saccus. See Sack a bag.] A little sack or bag for carrying papers, books, or small articles of wearing apparel; a hand bag. [Spelled also sachel.]

The whining schoolboy with his satchel. --Shak.
Language Translation for : satchel
Spanish: cartera,
German: die Schultasche,
Japanese: 学童カバン

satchel 
"small bag," c.1340, from O.Fr. sachel, from L.L. saccellum "money bag, purse," dim. of L. sacculus, dim. of saccus "bag" (see sack (n.1)).
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