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laager |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Laager \Laa"ger\, n. [D., also leger. Cf 2d {Leaguer}, {Lair}.] A camp, esp. one with an inclosure of travelers' wagons for temporary defense. [South Africa] Wagons . . . can be readily formed into a laager, a camp, by being drawn into a circle, with the oxen placed inside and so kept safe from the attacks of wild beasts. --James Bryce. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Laager \Laa"ger\, v. t. & i. [From {Laager}, n.] To form into or camp in a laager, or protected camp. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: laager n : (South African) a camp defended by a circular formation of wagons [syn: {lager}]
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