rugger

Definition

rugby

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.

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"

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