I. lea·guer -gə(r) noun
( -s )
Etymology: Dutch leger camp, siege, couch, lair, from Middle Dutch; akin to Old High German legar act of lying, bed — more at lair
1.
a. : a military camp: as
(1) : the camp of a besieging army
(2) : laager
b. : siege
the leaguer of Leningrad was broken — R.C.K.Ensor
2. archaic : a resident ambassador or agent
II. lea·guer verb
( leaguered ; leaguered ; leaguering -g(ə)riŋ ; leaguers )
intransitive verb
: encamp ; specifically : to form a laager
at no time did a squadron leaguer forward of the local infantry — J.C.Gorman
transitive verb
: besiege , beleaguer
the tide of war beats high around the leaguered walls — J.J.Roche
III. leagu·er noun
( -s )
Etymology: league (II) + -er
: a member of a league — usually used with a qualifier indicating membership in a particular league
12 million youth leaguers — Kuo-Chan Chao
IV. lea·guer noun
( -s )
Etymology: Dutch ligger, legger tun, from liggen to lie (akin to Old English licgan to lie) & leggen to lay (akin to Old English lecgan to lay) + -er (akin to Old English -ere -er) — more at lie , lay , -er
: an old Dutch unit of liquid capacity equal to about 128 imperial gallons (153.7 United States gallons or 5.82 hectoliters) still in use (as in the Union of So. Africa)