laager
1 synonym for laager, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Noun — A camp for defence formed by drawing wagons into a circle, historically used by South African Boers.
Synonyms
Rare, literary or technical
Precise, but they will stand out — check the sense before using one.
Etymology
Comes from South African Dutch lager (“camp”) (modern Afrikaans laer), which traces back through German Lager, Middle High German leger and Old High German legar to Proto-Germanic *legrą. It is a doublet of lager and lair.
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