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leaguer

1

[ lee-ger ]

noun

  1. a member of a league.


leaguer

2

[ lee-ger ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to besiege.

noun

  1. a siege.

leaguer

1

/ ˈliːɡə /

noun

  1. a member of a league


leaguer

2

/ ˈliːɡə /

noun

  1. an encampment, esp of besiegers
  2. the siege itself

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Word History and Origins

Origin of leaguer1

First recorded in 1585–95; league 1 + -er 1

Origin of leaguer2

First recorded in 1590–1600, leaguer is from the Dutch word leger army, camp. See lair 1

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Word History and Origins

Origin of leaguer1

C16: from Dutch leger siege; related to lair 1

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Example Sentences

The Christians were through the leaguer, and entered Mawana without losing a man, and with their supply of cartridges intact.

A dead silence soon reigned over that great host which lay in leaguer before Liege.

But we cannot hold out with our few folk and scanty provender against the leaguer of thirty thousand.

Rogers speaks of shipping while at Batavia "half a leaguer of Spelman's neep, or the best sort of arrack."

I looked about for a place to stand upon, to speak unto the people, for they lay all up and down, like people at a leaguer.

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