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rugby union

rugby union noun: a form of rugby football, historically amateur, having 15 players per side; points are scored for a try, penalty, drop kick or conversion.

Noun (1)

rugby union (uncountable)

  1. A form of rugby football, historically amateur, having 15 players per side; points are scored for a try, penalty, drop kick or conversion.

Noun (2) capitalized: Rugby Union

Rugby Union (uncountable)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of rugby union.

Forms of rugby union

alternative formRugby Union

Questions about rugby union

What does rugby union mean?
Rugby union means a form of rugby football, historically amateur, having 15 players per side; points are scored for a try, penalty, drop kick or conversion.
What part of speech is rugby union?
Rugby union is a noun.

Words near rugby union in the dictionary

  1. rugby shirts
  2. rugby tackle
  3. rugby tackled
  4. rugby tackles
  5. rugby tackling
  6. rugby union
  7. rugby-like
  8. Rugbyan
  9. Rugbyans
  10. rugbying
  11. rugbyist

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Adapted from Wiktionary: rugby union (page history and authors); Rugby Union (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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