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ruggers

ruggers is the plural of rugger.

Meaning of rugger

Noun

rugger (countable and uncountable, plural ruggers)

  1. (uncountable) rugby
    • That . . . . . . may for once put a full Rugger team in the field1886 November 10, A. Macaulay, “The Advance of Science”, in The Oxford Magazine, page 356
    Synonyms:
    rugby footballer, rugby player
  2. (US) rugby player
    • Some people refer to a Dropped Goal as if it were a misfortune rather than the perfection of football ... Genuine "Ruggers" will, of course, scoff at this1889 November 23, "Banshee", “The World of Pastime”, in The Penny Illustrated Paper, volume 57, number 1486, London, page 407

Questions about ruggers

What is ruggers the plural of?
Ruggers is the plural of rugger.

Words near ruggers in the dictionary

  1. rugger
  2. rugger bugger
  3. rugger buggers
  4. Ruggeri
  5. Ruggeris
  6. ruggers
  7. ruggier
  8. Ruggiero
  9. Ruggieros
  10. ruggiest
  11. rugging

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