rugger

Meaning

Noun

Related

Similar words

rugby footballer, rugby player
rugby, rugby football

Narrower meaning words

, rugby sevens, rugby league, rugby union

Broader meaning words

football

Origin

From rugby + -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.

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