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laager Definition

laa·ger (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

laager Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • form: They're turning back from the front and hurrying up their rear so as to form laager round their big guns.

Adjective modifier

  • defensive: From these wagons Zizka created a method of rapidly deploying a defensive wagon laager, in essence a mobile fort.

Modifies a noun

  • mentality: A church always under attack developed a cultural and spiritual laager mentality.

Noun used with modifier

  • tabor: Six hundred Bohemian handgunners defended the tabor laager at the battle of Varna in 1444 AD.

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