leaguer noun 4verb 2forms 3 noun4 •[in compounds] A person in a league.I'm not a major-leaguer; I just play baseball. •A siege.We must break the leaguer of the city. •The camp of a besieging army; a camp in general. •A measure of liquid.Excise duty had to be paid on each leaguer of brandy exported. — 1794 verb2 •To set up camp.So we leaguer here, get some sleep pray God, we had damn all last night, everyone doing repairs till all hours... — 1987 •(no longer used) To beleaguer; to besiege.Looking up suddenly, I found mine eyes / Confronted with the minster's vast repose. / Silent and gray as forest-leaguered cliff / Left inland by the ocean's slow retreat, […] — 1869 formsleaguered · leaguering · leaguers
