Leaguer Definition

lēgər
leaguers
noun
A siege.
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A besieging army.
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Its camp.
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A member of a league.
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A siege.

We must break the leaguer of the city.
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Synonyms:
verb
To besiege; beleaguer.
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Other Word Forms of Leaguer

Noun

Singular:
leaguer
Plural:
leaguers

Origin of Leaguer

  • Dutch leger lair, camp from Middle Dutch lēgher lair, camp, siege legh- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Dutch leger (“army")

    From Wiktionary

  • league +"Ž -er

    From Wiktionary

Leaguer Sentence Examples

  • A trader who is even suspected of dealing with such a victim of tyranny may be ruined by the mere imputation; his customers shun him from fear, and he is obliged to get a character from some notorious leaguer.

  • In June 1576 the long siege of Zierikzee, the capital of Schou.wen, ended in its surrender to the Spanish general Mondragon, after the failure of a gallant attempt by Admiral Boisot to break the leaguer, in which he lost The great his life.

  • In 1593 the leaguer of Geertruidenburg put the seal on Maurice's reputation as an invincible besieger.

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Words Starting With

LLELEA

Words Ending With

RERUER

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Words Starting With L and Ending With R

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