Verb
an impregnable fortress that not even the mightiest army on earth would venture to leaguer
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Noun
The 23-year-old now has his second two-homer game as a major-leaguer.—Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 10 June 2026 Lit up by minor-leaguers ambushing first-pitch fastballs?—Levi Weaver, New York Times, 8 June 2026 Baker was part of a significant number of future major-leaguers who played prep baseball in the Sacramento area in the 1960s or ’70s.—Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 7 June 2026 Last year with Class-A Great Lakes, George became only the fifth minor-leaguer to steal 100 bases in a season.—Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 28 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for leaguer
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Etymology
Noun (1)
Dutch leger; akin to Old High German legar bed — more at lair