rugger C2+ Topic:Sports & Fitness US /ˈrʌɡɚ/ UK /ˈrʌɡə/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun an informal British term for the game of rugby The boys spent every Saturday playing rugger in the mud. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · an informal british term... rugbyfootball Word family Related forms rugby Etymology AI details A late-19th-century British slang formation from Rugby (the game, named after Rugby School) + the Oxford '-er' suffix (as in 'soccer' from association). Topics Sports & Fitness Word Formation & Derivatives Register & Style External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # rugger **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈrʌɡɚ/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈrʌɡə/ ## Meanings 1. an informal British term for the game of rugby ## Examples - The boys spent every Saturday playing rugger in the mud. ## Synonyms - rugby - football ## Related Forms - rugby ## Etymology A late-19th-century British slang formation from Rugby (the game, named after Rugby School) + the Oxford '-er' suffix (as in 'soccer' from association). ## AI Etymology Rugger is a late-19th-century British slang formation from Rugby (the game, named after Rugby School) + the Oxford '-er' suffix (as in 'soccer' from association). The quoted older senses, "-er" and "soccer", supply the semantic anchors for rugger. The formation is best read as suffixal and compound: the word rugger carries its older form-history into a compact English lexical shape. In present English it is used as a noun, "an informal British term for the game of rugby". Related English forms include rugby. The result is a noun whose etymology preserves both the older form and the later English specialization. ## Topics - Sports & Fitness - Word Formation & Derivatives - Register & Style markdown