leaguer

From Dutch leger (“army”), itself derived from Proto-Germanic *legrą.

leaguer (plural leaguers)

1. A siege

   We must break the leaguer of the city.

2. The camp of a besieging army; a camp in general.

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3. A measure of liquid.
   • 1794, Cape of Good Hope:

     Excise duty had to be paid on each leaguer of brandy exported.

• beleaguered

leaguer (third-person singular simple present leaguers, present participle leaguering, simple past and past participle leaguered)

1. (obsolete) To besiege; to beleaguer.
2. To set up camp.
   • 1987, Penelope Lively, Moon Tiger:

     So we leaguer here, get some sleep pray God, we had damn all last night, everyone doing repairs till all hours...

league +‎ -er

leaguer (plural leaguers)

1. (usually in compounds) A person in a league

   I'm not a major-leaguer; I just play baseball.

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