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leaguer
(encz) | leaguer, |
Leaguer
(gcide) | Leaguer \Lea"guer\, n. [D. leger camp, bed, couch, lair. See
Lair, and cf.Beleaguer.]
1. The camp of a besieging army; a camp in general. --b.
Jonson.
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2. A siege or beleaguering. [R.] --Sir W. Scott.
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Leaguer
(gcide) | Leaguer \Lea"guer\, v. t.
To besiege; to beleaguer. [Obs.]
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beleaguer
(encz) | beleaguer,obléhat v: Zdeněk Brož |
beleaguered
(encz) | beleaguered,obléhaný Jaroslav Šedivý |
little leaguer
(encz) | little leaguer, n: |
major leaguer
(encz) | major leaguer, n: |
minor leaguer
(encz) | minor leaguer, n: |
Beleaguer
(gcide) | Beleaguer \Be*lea"guer\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Beleaguered; p.
pr. & vb. n. Beleaguering.] [D. belegeren (akin to G.
belagern, Sw. bel[aum]gra, Dan. beleire); pref. be- = E. be-
+ leger bed, camp, army, akin to E. lair. See Lair.]
To surround with an army so as to preclude escape; to
besiege; to blockade.
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The wail of famine in beleaguered towns. --Longfellow.
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Syn: To block up; environ; invest; encompass.
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Beleaguered
(gcide) | Beleaguer \Be*lea"guer\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Beleaguered; p.
pr. & vb. n. Beleaguering.] [D. belegeren (akin to G.
belagern, Sw. bel[aum]gra, Dan. beleire); pref. be- = E. be-
+ leger bed, camp, army, akin to E. lair. See Lair.]
To surround with an army so as to preclude escape; to
besiege; to blockade.
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The wail of famine in beleaguered towns. --Longfellow.
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Syn: To block up; environ; invest; encompass.
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Beleaguerer
(gcide) | Beleaguerer \Be*lea"guer*er\, n.
One who beleaguers.
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Beleaguering
(gcide) | Beleaguer \Be*lea"guer\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Beleaguered; p.
pr. & vb. n. Beleaguering.] [D. belegeren (akin to G.
belagern, Sw. bel[aum]gra, Dan. beleire); pref. be- = E. be-
+ leger bed, camp, army, akin to E. lair. See Lair.]
To surround with an army so as to preclude escape; to
besiege; to blockade.
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The wail of famine in beleaguered towns. --Longfellow.
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Syn: To block up; environ; invest; encompass.
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Inleaguer
(gcide) | Inleaguer \In*lea"guer\, v. t.
To beleaguer. --Holland.
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Landleaguer
(gcide) | Land League \Land League\ n.
In Ireland, a combination of tenant farmers and other,
organized, with Charles Stewart Parnell as president, in 1879
with a view to the reduction of farm rents and a
reconstruction of the land laws. -- Land"*lea`guer, n. --
Land"*lea`guism, n.
The Land League, of which Michael Davitt was the
founder, originated in Mayo in August, and at a Dublin
in October the organization was extended to all
Ireland, with Parnell as president. --Encyc. Brit.
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Leaguer
(gcide) | Leaguer \Lea"guer\, n. [D. leger camp, bed, couch, lair. See
Lair, and cf.Beleaguer.]
1. The camp of a besieging army; a camp in general. --b.
Jonson.
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2. A siege or beleaguering. [R.] --Sir W. Scott.
[1913 Webster]Leaguer \Lea"guer\, v. t.
To besiege; to beleaguer. [Obs.]
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Leaguerer
(gcide) | Leaguerer \Lea"guer*er\, n.
A besieger. [R.] --J. Webster.
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major leaguer
(gcide) | major leaguer \major leaguer\ n.
A member of a major-league baseball team.
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Texas Leaguer
(gcide) | Texas Leaguer \Tex"as Leagu"er\ [From the Texas (baseball)
League.] (Baseball)
A short fly that falls too far out to be handled by an
infielder and too close in to be caught by an outfielder; --
called also Texas league single. [Cant]
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beleaguer
(wn) | beleaguer
v 1: annoy persistently; "The children teased the boy because of
his stammer" [syn: tease, badger, pester, bug,
beleaguer]
2: surround so as to force to give up; "The Turks besieged
Vienna" [syn: besiege, beleaguer, surround, hem in,
circumvent] |
beleaguering
(wn) | beleaguering
n 1: the action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified
place and isolates it while continuing to attack [syn:
siege, besieging, beleaguering, military blockade] |
big leaguer
(wn) | big leaguer
n 1: a member of a major-league baseball team [syn: {major
leaguer}, big leaguer] |
bush leaguer
(wn) | bush leaguer
n 1: a player on a minor-league baseball team [syn: {minor
leaguer}, bush leaguer] |
ivy leaguer
(wn) | Ivy Leaguer
n 1: a student or graduate at an Ivy League school |
little leaguer
(wn) | little leaguer
n 1: a player between 8 and 12 years of age who is a member of a
little-league team |
major leaguer
(wn) | major leaguer
n 1: a member of a major-league baseball team [syn: {major
leaguer}, big leaguer] |
minor leaguer
(wn) | minor leaguer
n 1: a player on a minor-league baseball team [syn: {minor
leaguer}, bush leaguer] |
texas leaguer
(wn) | Texas leaguer
n 1: (baseball) a fly ball that falls between and infielder and
an outfielder |
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