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Definitions: LEAGUER |
LEAGUERNoun1. A siege or beleaguering. 2. The camp of a besieging army; a camp in general. Transitive verb1. To besiege; to beleaguer. |
Date "LEAGUER" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1588. (references) |
Crosswords: LEAGUER |
| English words defined with "LEAGUER": big leaguer ♦ little leaguer ♦ major leaguer, minor leaguer. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | Big Leaguer (1953) The Bush Leaguer (1927) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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| Author | Quotation |
Joe Dimaggio | A ball player has got to be kept hungry be become a big leaguer. That is why no boy from a rich family ever made the big leagues. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| "LEAGUER" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "LEAGUER" is used about 2 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 2 | 245,945 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "LEAGUER": big leaguer ♦ bush leaguer ♦ little leaguer ♦ major leaguer ♦ minor leaguer ♦ Texas Leaguer. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "LEAGUER"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | rrethoj (begird, beleaguer, beset, besiege, border on, circle, circumscribe, circumvent, close in, close on, compass, embosom, embower, encircle, enclose, encompass, engird, engirdle, entwine, envelop, environ, fence in, flank, fold, gird, girdle, hedge in, hem, inclose, invest, lap, pocket, rail, rim, ring, round up, span, surround, wreathe), rrethim (embrace, encirclement, enclosure, entourage, hoarding, inclosure, investment, siege), kamp i ushtrisë rrethuese, anëtar i lidhjes. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | член на съюз, член на лига, обсада (investment, siege), лагер (bearing, camp, chock, encampment, outspan, pillow, pillow block). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | èlen ligy. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | provinzspieler (bush leaguer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | μέλοσ συνδεσμού. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | ligapárti. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | ラ欄 (league, leak, leak detector, leek, legal, radio listings). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | リーガー . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | eaguerlay membro de uma liga, confederar-se, cerco (encircling force, enclosure, investment, siege). (various references) член лиги, осадный лагерь. (various references) logor (camp), saveznik (ally). (various references) miembro (extremity, fellow, fore limb, hind limb, limb, member, pelvic limb, thoracic limb). (various references) förbundsmedlem (confederate, federate). (various references) член ліги, облоговий табір. (various references) th nh viên liên minh, hội viên (corporator, liveryman). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "LEAGUER": leaguered, leaguering, leaguers. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "LEAGUER": beleaguer. (additional references) | |
Words containing "LEAGUER": beleaguered, beleaguering, beleaguerment, beleaguerments, beleaguers. (additional references) | |
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"LEAGUER" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: elager, lacguer, Laeger, laegue, lague, leagaue, leagce, leage, leaque, leauge, Legagneur, legaler, legavero, legue, leiger, leugue, liguer, pleagure. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "LEAGUER" (pronounced lē"ger) |
| 4 | l ē" g er | beleaguer. |
| 3 | -ē" g er | eager, Eger, meager. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-e-g-l-r-u" | |
-1 letter: galere, league, regale, reglue. | |
-2 letters: aglee, agree, argle, argue, auger, eager, eagle, eagre, glare, gluer, gruel, gular, lager, laree, large, leger, luger, ragee, regal, rugae, rugal, ureal. | |
-3 letters: agee, ager, ague, alee, earl, egal, eger, gale, gaur, gear, glee, glue, gree, grue, guar, lear, leer, luge, lure, rage, rale, real, reel, ruga, rule, urea, urge. | |
-4 letters: age, ale, are, ear, eau, eel, era, ere, erg, gae, gal, gar, gee, gel, gul, lag, lar, lea, lee, leg, leu, lug, rag, ree, reg, rue, rug. | |
-5 letters: ae, ag, al, ar, el, er, la, re. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-e-g-l-r-u" | |
+1 letter: exergual, leaguers, regulate. | |
+2 letters: beleaguer, leaguered, regulated, regulates. | |
+3 letters: beleaguers, deregulate, enfleurage, leaguering, loungewear, outgeneral, presageful, regularize, regulative, reregulate, superlarge, travelogue, underglaze, unenlarged. | |
+4 letters: beglamoured, beleaguered, bluegrasses, deregulated, deregulates, enfleurages, gracefuller, gratefuller, legislature, lifeguarded, outgenerals, regularized, regularizes, reregulated, reregulates, seigneurial, slaughtered, slaughterer, travelogues, underglazes, unregulated, upgradeable. | |
+5 letters: beleaguering, daughterless, deregulating, deregulation, gracefullest, gracefulness, gratefullest, gratefulness, legislatures, metallurgies, nonregulated, outgeneraled, overregulate, overslaughed, preslaughter, reevaluating, regularities, relacquering, reregulating, reregulation, slaughterers, unbridgeable, ungovernable. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4C 45 41 47 55 45 52 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).-.. . .- --. ..- . .-. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001100 01000101 01000001 01000111 01010101 01000101 01010010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)L E A G U E R |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004C 0045 0041 0047 0055 0045 0052 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)46393541553952 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Quotations: Familiar 6. Usage Frequency 7. Expressions 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Derivations 10. Rhymes 11. Anagrams 12. Orthography | 13. Bibliography |
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