Baggage Carrier
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Le Bagotier | The Baggage Carrier or Porter
The bagotier, or baggage carrier, carried light baggage for people or companies, usually near the wharves of ships or railways. He was known for running after loaded vehicles to help passengers unload once they stopped. The baggage carrier was often considered a day labourer.
A Turkish baggage carrier ("A Galata - Porta Bagagli", 1878 drawing by Cesare Biseo, Wikipedia Commons).
Sources:
Claude Lemay, "Fonctions et métiers délaissés", l'Ancêtre, number 281, volume 34, winter 2008, and number 280, volume 34, winter 2007; electronic edition, Société généalogique de Québec (www.sgq.qc.ca/images/_SGQ/R_LAncetre_plus_libre/ENT-FONCTIONS-METIERS-DELAISSES.pdf).
“Bagoter”, Portail lexique du Centre national de ressources textuelles et lexicales, https://www.cnrtl.fr/definition/bagoter.