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leaguer
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9 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. leaguer
  2. anti-leaguer
  3. Ivy Leaguer
  4. Junior Leaguer
  5. Texas leaguer
  6. big league
  7. bush league
  8. Little League
  9. major league

1lea·guer

noun \ˈlē-gər\

Definition of LEAGUER

1
: a military camp
2
: siege

Origin of LEAGUER

Dutch leger; akin to Old High German legar bed — more at lair
First Known Use: 1537

Rhymes with LEAGUER

eager, meager

2leaguer

transitive verb

Definition of LEAGUER

archaic
: besiege, beleaguer

Examples of LEAGUER

  1. <an impregnable fortress that not even the mightiest army on earth would venture to leaguer>

First Known Use of LEAGUER

circa 1720

Related to LEAGUER

Synonyms
beleaguer, blockade, invest, besiege [archaic]

3leagu·er

noun \ˈlē-gər\

Definition of LEAGUER

: a member of a league

Origin of LEAGUER

2league
First Known Use: 1591

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