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raggare

UK/ˈɹaɡəɹə/

raggare noun: someone who is part of a subculture in Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Belgium and the Netherlands concerned with American cars and music of the 1950s, comparable to greasers.

Noun

raggare (countable and uncountable, plural raggares or raggare)

  1. Someone who is part of a subculture in Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Belgium and the Netherlands concerned with American cars and music of the 1950s, comparable to greasers.
  2. (uncountable) This subculture taken as a whole.

Forms of raggare

pluralraggares
pluralraggare

Origin of raggare

From Swedish raggare, from ragga (“to drive around”), from dialectal term raga (“to stagger”).

Questions about raggare

What does raggare mean?
Raggare means someone who is part of a subculture in Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Belgium and the Netherlands concerned with American cars and music of the 1950s, comparable to greasers.
What part of speech is raggare?
Raggare is a noun.
How do you pronounce raggare?
Raggare is pronounced /ˈɹaɡəɹə/ (UK).
What is the plural of raggare?
The plural of raggare is raggares.

Words near raggare in the dictionary

  1. ragga
  2. raggabash
  3. raggabashes
  4. raggamuffin
  5. raggamuffins
  6. raggare
  7. raggares
  8. raggastani
  9. raggastanis
  10. ragged
  11. ragged array

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