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laager
laager [ lgər ] or lager [ lgər ]


noun  (plural laagers) (plural lagers)
Definition:
 
camp protected by wagons: a camp protected by a circle of wagons or other vehicles, formerly used by the Boers in South Africa


transitive and intransitive verb  (3rd person present singular laagers, present participle laagering, past and past participle laagered)
Definition:
 
make protected camp: to form wagons or other vehicles into a circle to make a protected camp
[Mid-19th century. Alteration of obsolete Afrikaans lager]
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