Rugger

//ˈɹʌɡə// noun

noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    rugby uncountable

    "That . . . . . . may for once put a full Rugger team in the field"

  2. 2
    a form of football played with an oval ball wordnet
  3. 3
    rugby player US, countable, uncountable

    "Some people refer to a Dropped Goal as if it were a misfortune rather than the perfection of football ... Genuine "Ruggers" will, of course, scoff at this"

Synonyms

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rugbyacrobaticsathleticsbathinggymnasticspalaestra

Example

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"That . . . . . . may for once put a full Rugger team in the field"

Etymology

From rugby (“Rugby football”) + -er (Oxford “-er”). Compare contemporary soccer, from Association football. Both words seem to have originated at the University of Oxford during the 1880s. See Oxford -er.

Related phrases

rugger buggerrugby player

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