rugger

  1. (uncountable) rugby
  2. (US, countable, uncountable) rugby player

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈɹʌɡə/
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.

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