leaguer

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noun (1)

lea·​guer ˈlē-gər How to pronounce leaguer (audio)
1
: a military camp
2
: siege

leaguer

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verb

leaguered; leaguering; leaguers

leaguer

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noun (2)

leagu·​er ˈlē-gər How to pronounce leaguer (audio)
: a member of a league

Examples of leaguer in a Sentence

Verb an impregnable fortress that not even the mightiest army on earth would venture to leaguer
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
Judge led all big leaguers with 3,425,309 total votes and paced the majors in voting for a second time. Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 27 June 2024 Major leaguers did not have to sleep on the team bus and dress underneath the stands. Bob Kendrick, Washington Post, 17 June 2024 At the time, the upstart Mets were like a team of little leaguers facing bigger, better teenagers. Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 16 Apr. 2024 Entering the road trip, Flores was hitting the ball softer, on average, than 99% of major leaguers, but after his grand slam the previous game, Melvin remarked on its exit velocity — 105 mph — and his two homers Friday were struck at 99.7 and 105.5 mph. Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 7 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for leaguer 

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Word History

Etymology

Noun (1)

Dutch leger; akin to Old High German legar bed — more at lair

Noun (2)

league entry 2

First Known Use

Noun (1)

1537, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb

circa 1720, in the meaning defined above

Noun (2)

1591, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of leaguer was in 1537

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Cite this Entry

“Leaguer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/leaguer. Accessed 15 Jul. 2024.

Kids Definition

leaguer

noun
leagu·​er
ˈlē-gər
: a member of a league
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