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agger

[ aj-er ]

noun

  1. Also called dou·ble tide [duhb, -, uh, l , tahyd]. Oceanography.
    1. a high tide in which the water rises to a certain level, recedes, then rises again.
    2. a low tide in which the water recedes to a certain level, rises slightly, then recedes again.
  2. (in ancient Roman building) an earthen mound or rampart, especially one having no revetment.


agger

/ ˈædʒə /

noun

  1. an earthwork or mound forming a rampart, esp in a Roman military camp
“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
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Word History and Origins

Origin of agger1

1350–1400; Middle English: heap, pile < Latin: rubble, mound, rampart, equivalent to ag- ag- + -ger, base of gerere to carry, bring
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Word History and Origins

Origin of agger1

C14: from Latin agger a heap, from ad- to + gerere to carry, bring
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Example Sentences

And there was nothing incriminating in Agger's safe.

From Salon

Attorney General John Mitchell ordered the Justice Department to begin an investigation into Fortas' wife, Carolyn Agger, who was a lawyer with the D.C. firm that had previously employed Fortas.

From Salon

To increase pressure on Fortas, the Justice Department convened a grand jury to determine whether Agger had engaged in obstruction of justice by deliberately withholding documents relevant to a price-fixing case that were allegedly found in her office safe.

The grand jury looking into allegations of wrongdoing by Agger went away.

Without any new evidence, the Justice Department reopened an old investigation into Fortas’s wife, Carolyn Agger, who was also a Yale Law graduate and a top tax lawyer at Arnold & Porter.

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