leaguer

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lea·guer 1

 (lē′gər)
n.
1. A siege.
2. The camp especially of a besieging army.

[Dutch leger, lair, camp, from Middle Dutch lēgher, lair, camp, siege; see legh- in Indo-European roots.]

leagu·er 2

 (lē′gər)
n.
One that belongs to a league.
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leaguer

(ˈliːɡə)
n
1. (Military) an encampment, esp of besiegers
2. (Military) the siege itself
[C16: from Dutch leger siege; related to lair1]

leaguer

(ˈliːɡə)
n
chiefly US and Canadian a member of a league
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lea•guer

(ˈli gər)

n.
a member of a league.
[1585–95]
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leaguer

noun
One nation associated with another in a common cause:
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Precaution, 1820; The Spy, 1821; The Pioneers, 1823; The Pilot, 1823; Lionel Lincoln, or the Leaguer of Boston, 1825; The Last of the Mohicans, 1826; The Prairie, 1827; The Red Rover, 1828; Notions of the Americans, 1828; The Wept of Wish-ton-Wish, 1829; The Water-witch,
``No wonder that churls and yeomen wax so presumptuous as even to lay leaguer before castles, and that clowns and swineherds send defiances to nobles, since men-at-arms have turned sick men's nurses, and Free Companions are grown keepers of dying folk's curtains, when the castle is about to be assailed.
ISMENE To me, Antigone, no word of friends Has come, or glad or grievous, since we twain Were reft of our two brethren in one day By double fratricide; and since i' the night Our Argive leaguers fled, no later news Has reached me, to inspirit or deject.
The 10 players slated to make aliyah next week include five who played for Team Israel in the WBC: Corey Baker, a retired minor leaguer; Gabe Cramer, a minor leaguer in the Kansas City Royals system; Blake Gailen and Joey Wagman, who play in the Independent League; and Alex Katz, a Baltimore Orioles minor leaguer team.
Horning pointed out that a minor leaguer could be released with no notice and no severance pay, not even bus fare home.
He said now people are drawing comparison between our and their tenures now in real sense, people have come to know who ran boats in cities and towns and who did development works, put stamp on Tractor on July 25 and send N-League packing forever, serving the people is our worship (ibadat), every Muslim Leaguer should go door to door and awake awareness among the people, distribute pamphlet showing comparison of our and N-League works and bring N-League workers back into real Muslim League.
LAHORE -- Former Punjab minister Zaeem Qadri's rebellion against the PML-N leaders has drawn interesting reaction from the rival PTI as one group is ready to accept the estranged Leaguer in PTI fold, while the other opposed any such move.
Little Leaguer's Shoulder is the term given to an epiphyseal injury of the proximal humerus.
The only major leaguer to come off the Rainbows roster that year was Walt Chipple, a career minor leaguer who managed one season with the Washington Senators and batted a not overly impressive .136.
"Baseball's tough for a smart person," says Dirk Hayhurst, a longtime minor leaguer and author of the acclaimed The Bullpen Gospels.
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