Dictionary.com
definitions
  • synonyms

leaguer1

[lee-ger]
See more synonyms for leaguer on Thesaurus.com
noun
  1. a member of a league.
Show More

Origin of leaguer1

First recorded in 1585–95; league1 + -er1

leaguer2

[lee-ger]Archaic.
verb (used with object)
  1. to besiege.
Show More
noun
  1. a siege.
Show More

Origin of leaguer2

First recorded in 1590–1600, leaguer is from the Dutch word leger army, camp. See lair1
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2018

Examples from the Web for leaguer

Historical Examples

  • I will get me gone with an Orleans, a Kaiserlik, or a Schmalkaldner leaguer before that.

    The Fifth Queen Crowned

    Ford Madox Ford

  • They rode from Philadelphia to the leaguer around Boston in thirteen days.

    Benjamin Franklin

    John Torrey Morse, Jr.

  • Tighe went out on a Texas leaguer that was gathered in by Larry.

  • Well did the Cid surround it; till the leaguer closed about.

    The Lay of the Cid

    R. Selden Rose

  • No, it is my friends who say, Brother Gorenflot—a fine name for a leaguer, is it not?

    Chicot the Jester

    Alexandre Dumas, Pere

British Dictionary definitions for leaguer

leaguer1

noun archaic
  1. an encampment, esp of besiegers
  2. the siege itself
Show More

Word Origin

C16: from Dutch leger siege; related to lair 1

leaguer2

noun
  1. mainly US and Canadian a member of a league
Show More
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012