A surname originating as an occupation.

A burgess of a port, especially of one of the Cinque Ports.

To make a portmanteau word.

A large travelling case usually made of leather, and opening into two equal sections. / (Australia, dated) A schoolbag. / (archaic) A hook on which to hang clothing.

(attributive, linguistics) Made by combining two (or more) words, stories, etc., in the manner of a linguistic portmanteau.

(linguistics) A portmanteau word. / A portmanteau film.

(linguistics) A word which combines the meaning of two words (or, rarely, more than two words), formed by combining the words, usually, but not always, by adjoining the first part of one word and the last part of the other, the adjoining parts often having a common vowel; for example, smog, formed from smoke and fog.

plural of portmanteau

Obsolete form of portmanteau (“case”).

A film that combines two or more stories in the manner of a portmanteau (in the linguistic sense).