# leaguer

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #57,512

## Definitions
1. A siege.
2. The camp of a besieging army; a camp in general.

## Etymology
From Dutch leger (“army”), itself derived from Proto-Germanic *legrą. Doublet of lair.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/leaguer