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laa⋅ger

[lah-ger] South African.
–noun
1. a camp or encampment, esp. within a protective circle of wagons.
–verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
2. to arrange or encamp in a laager.
Also, lager.


Origin:
1840–50; < Afrik laer, earlier lager; c. G Lager camp. See lair 1
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laa·ger   (lä'gər)   
n.  A defensive encampment encircled by armored vehicles or wagons.
intr.v.   laa·gered, laa·ger·ing, laa·gers
To camp in a defensive encirclement.

[Alteration of obsolete Afrikaans lager, probably from German Lager, camp, lair, from Middle High German leger, bed, lair, from Old High German legar; see legh- in Indo-European roots.]
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