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laager definition

laa·ger (lä′gər)

noun

South Afr. a temporary camp within an encircling barricade of wagons, etc.

Etymology: Afrik < Ger lager, Du leger, a camp: see lair

transitive verb

to form into a laager

intransitive verb

to camp in a laager

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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