rugger
/ˈɹʌɡɚ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.78 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "That . . . . . . may for once put a full Rugger team in the field"
- "Golf is perhaps seven or eight years old in Oxford, ... football, seu Rugger, sive Soccer, not more than sixteen or seventeen."
- "Rugger (schools), the Rugby game at football"
- "It was clear to me that I was dealing with a lunatic, so I thought it well before I went any further in the matter to call upon my friend Malone, whom I had known since the old days when we both played Rugger for Richmond."
- "To complete the picture of the main line passenger workings, mention must be made of the excursions for International rugger and soccer matches. [...] For the rugger matches especially, a dozen or so packed trains from West Wales are put on [...]"
- "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 this"
Etymology
From rugby (“Rugby football”) + -er (Oxford “-er”). Compare contemporary soccer, from Association football. Both words seem to have originated at the University of Oxford during the 1880s. See Oxford -er.
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈɹʌɡɚ/
- British English: /ˈɹʌɡə/
Usage
- Uncountable
- American usage
- Countable