leaguer

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noun (1)

lea·​guer ˈlē-gər How to pronounce leaguer (audio)
1
: a military camp
2
: siege

leaguer

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verb

leaguered; leaguering; leaguers

leaguer

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noun (2)

leagu·​er ˈlē-gər How to pronounce leaguer (audio)
: a member of a league

Examples of leaguer in a Sentence

Verb an impregnable fortress that not even the mightiest army on earth would venture to leaguer
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Corbin Burnes’ six-year, $210 million contract is the latest example, reflecting not only an owner who is willing to spend opportunistically, but also the appeal of the team’s setup in the Phoenix metropolitan area, which is home to a number of major leaguers. Ken Rosenthal, The Athletic, 3 Jan. 2025 The Red Sox have been rumored to be listening to offers and shopping big leaguers like Triston Casas and Wilyer Abreu. Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024 The hope was that, like Venom, this charismatic killer could anchor a franchise before potentially mixing it up with Holland’s friendly neighborhood do-gooder, or Tom Hardy’s schizophrenic symbiote, or maybe even the big leaguers in that lucrative cinematic universe a few shops over. David Fear, Rolling Stone, 5 Dec. 2024 Arbitration is a pay raise system for players who have established themselves as big leaguers but have yet to spend enough time in the major leagues to become free agents. Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 23 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for leaguer 

Word History

Etymology

Noun (1)

Dutch leger; akin to Old High German legar bed — more at lair

Noun (2)

league entry 2

First Known Use

Noun (1)

1537, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb

circa 1720, in the meaning defined above

Noun (2)

1591, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of leaguer was in 1537

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“Leaguer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/leaguer. Accessed 19 Jan. 2025.

Kids Definition

leaguer

noun
leagu·​er
ˈlē-gər
: a member of a league
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