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laager

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laa·ger  (lägr)
n.
A defensive encampment encircled by armored vehicles or wagons.
intr.v. laa·gered, laa·ger·ing, laa·gers
To camp in a defensive encirclement.
[Alteration of obsolete Afrikaans lager, probably from German Lager, camp, lair, from Middle High German leger, bed, lair, from Old High German legar; see legh- in Indo-European roots.]
laager
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(in Africa) a camp defended by a circular formation of wagons [Afrikaans lager]
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Noun1.laager - a camp defended by a circular formation of wagons
lager
bivouac, camp, cantonment, encampment - temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers; "wherever he went in the camp the men were grumbling"
Republic of South Africa, South Africa - a republic at the southernmost part of Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1910; first European settlers were Dutch (known as Boers)
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He had sent them thither to destroy the laager of the Boers, and thence, as he thought, they would presently return with victory.
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