fagger
Syllables: fag·ger/ˈfæɡə/
fagger noun: a senior school student who has a younger student as a servant under the fagging system.
Noun
fagger (plural faggers)
- A senior school student who has a younger student as a servant under the fagging system.
- Grown bold by impunity, the faggers resolved to divide the boys of the classes below them among themselves as fags by lots.1860, William Henry Giles Kingston, Ernest Bracebridge: or, Schoolboy Days
- It is everywhere observed that a liberated slave is apt to make a merciless master, and that boys who have been cruelly fagged at school are cruel faggers.1887, Francis Bacon, Richard Whately, Essays, page 63
Forms of fagger
| plural | faggers |
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Origin of fagger
From fag + -er.
Words that rhyme with fagger
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Questions about fagger
- What does fagger mean?
- Fagger means a senior school student who has a younger student as a servant under the fagging system.
- What part of speech is fagger?
- Fagger is a noun.
- How do you pronounce fagger?
- Fagger is pronounced /ˈfæɡə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of fagger?
- The plural of fagger is faggers.
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