Noun

(uncountable) rugby

(US) a person who rugby

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, date= , year=1974 , month=August , first= , last= , author=Paul Burka , coauthors= , title=The Sport of Rough Gentlemen , volume=2 , issue=8 , page=42 , magazine=Texas Monthly , publisher= , issn= citation , passage=To this day ruggers belittle soccer, and they will tell anyone who expresses the slightest interest in their game that rugby is "a ruffian's game played by gentlemen," while soccer is "a gentleman's game played by ruffians." }}

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, date= , year=1977 , month=Apr , first= , last= , author=Robert McKay , coauthors= , title=My Heart's In Highlands, A Chasing The Ruggers , volume=10 , issue=7 , page=80 , magazine=Cincinnati Magazine , publisher= , issn= citation , passage=When you put sixty ruggers and their friends and lovers in a bar, you've really got something going. }}

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, date=1996-12-16 , year= , month= , first= , last= , author=Shannon Black , coauthors= , title=Rugby: Aliens 3, Locals 0 , volume=29 , issue=49 , page=22 , magazine=New York Magazine , publisher= , issn= citation , passage=Some of the world's most talented ruggers' had come to New York for the weekend to play for fun. "What's football — just an Americanization of rugby," exclaimed one fan at the 38th Annual New York Sevens Tournament. … Brian Corcoran, who in 1990 played for Team USA for free, distinguished ' ruggers from "the spoiled, arrogant professionals you're dealing with in other sports." }}

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, date=2011-06-08 , year= , first= , last= , author= , authorlink= , title=Club sports: Touring British Army ruggers welcomed , site=Santa Monica Daily Press citation , archiveorg= , accessdate= , passage=After the game, the teams adjourned to the Dolphins’ usual after-match location, O’Brien’s Irish Pub on Main Street, where they enjoyed a spirited social together: songs were sung, speeches and presentations were made, and mutual admiration was expressed, particularly toward the soldier-ruggers of the 7th for their sacrifice and dedication. }}

Noun

(en noun)

Agent noun of tug; one who tugs.

English agent nouns