Definitions for Laager

Laager laa·ger

Spelling: [lah-ger]
IPA: /ˈlɑ gər/

Laager is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 96 anagrams from letters in Laager (aaeglr).

Definitions for Laager

noun

  1. a camp or encampment, especially within a protective circle of wagons.

verb (used with or without object)

  1. to arrange or encamp in a laager.

Origin of Laager

1840-50; Afrikaans laer, earlier lager; cognate with German Lager camp. See lair1

Examples for Laager

"Then hold a light so that I can see how to climb into the laager," he said.

Forward they sped straight to the laager, striving to force a way in.

I sent some burghers in advance to see what was happening to the Pretoria laager.

Come along; we must keep it up till help comes from the laager.

There are said to be several commandos in laager on the Border.

There were twelve thousand men in the camp and eight hundred in the laager.

But the Boers in the laager had found time to load, and they met with a warm reception.

"Come, let us see about the waggons," and we walked towards the laager.

The Mayor's wife, with her two children, was an inmate of the Women's laager.

Two-thirds of them spoke English, as nearly all in this laager were from Heidelberg.

Word Value for Laager
Scrable

7

Words with friends

9

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