leaguer

¹

[ lee-ger ]

noun

1. a member of a league.

leaguer

²

[ lee-ger ]

verb (used with object)

1. to besiege.

noun

1. a siege.

leaguer

¹

/ ˈliːɡə /

noun

1. a member of a league

leaguer

²

/ ˈliːɡə /

noun

1. an encampment, esp of besiegers
2. the siege itself

Word History and Origins

Origin of leaguer¹

First recorded in 1585–95; league ¹ + -er ¹

Origin of leaguer²

First recorded in 1590–1600, leaguer is from the Dutch word leger army, camp. See lair ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of leaguer¹

C16: from Dutch leger siege; related to lair ¹

Example Sentences

About once a month Judge will receive a comment from a waiter or a cashier who looks at his credit card and notes that he has the same name as the big leaguer.

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In 2015, when he was a Tampa Bay Rays minor leaguer, Honeywell stepped into the dugout to see his teammates gawking at a 10-foot alligator hiding under the bench.

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But as he rose through the Cardinals’ system and eventually established himself as a big leaguer, Edman developed a reputation for being fundamentally sound, versatile and polished on both sides of the ball, a player who didn’t wow you with eye-popping tools but did everything extremely well.

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That’s both their identity and Miller Moss’ identity, the career minor leaguer now taking the biggest of hacks.

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The Padres did expect big things from center fielder Jackson Merrill, eventually, but he opened last season at Class A, opened this season as a 20-year-old major leaguer and could close the season as NL rookie of the year.

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