What is another word for leaguers?

Pronunciation: [lˈiːɡəz] (IPA)

Leaguers refer to members of a league or association. Some synonyms for leaguers include members, affiliates, associates, colleagues, comrades, partners, allies, cohorts, and confederates. These terms all suggest a sense of belonging and shared purpose within a group. However, each word has its nuances when it comes to connotations and context. For instance, "partners" and "allies" imply a closer and more strategic relationship, while "comrades" and "confederates" suggest a stronger bond forged through shared experiences. Regardless of the term used, the common thread between all synonyms for leaguers is a sense of solidarity and collaboration towards a common goal.

What are the hypernyms for Leaguers?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Usage examples for Leaguers

The reply of the Government to the result of the North Roscommon election had been the re-arrest and deportation of some of the released prisoners, to whom a number of others, some of them prominent Gaelic leaguers, were added; the Chief Secretary defended this action by saying that he had decided "although there can be no charge and although there can be no trial" that it was better for these men to be out of Ireland than to be in it.
"The Evolution of Sinn Fein"
Robert Mitchell Henry
Most comfortable was it, an expression of human commiseration extended to him, of special virtue also, he believed, to succour souls against leaguers of darkness.
"The Unknown Sea"
Clemence Housman
The very Corn Law leaguers in the North used to leave your 'Seagulls' to fly where they could, and clap hands over mysteries of iniquity.
"The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1 of 2)"
Frederic G. Kenyon

Famous quotes with Leaguers

  • In the dead sunlight of a forgotten spring the major leaguers were trim, graceful and effortless. They might have been gods for these seemed true Olympians to a boy who wanted to become a manand who sensed that it was an exalted manly thing to catch a ball with one hand thrust across your body and make a crowd leap to its feet and cheer.
    Roger Kahn

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