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Rugby

[ruhg-bee]

noun

  1. Also called rugger.Also called Rugby football.Usually rugby a form of football, played between two teams of 15 members each, that differs from soccer in freedom to carry the ball, block with the hands and arms, and tackle, and is characterized chiefly by continuous action and prohibition against the use of substitute players.

  2. a town in Warwickshire, in central England.

  3. a coeducational preparatory school in Rugby, England, founded in 1567.



rugby

1

/ ˈʌɡɪ /

noun

  1. Also called: rugger.a form of football played with an oval ball in which the handling and carrying of the ball is permitted

  2. another name for Canadian football

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Rugby

2

/ ˈʌɡɪ /

noun

  1. a town in central England, in E Warwickshire: famous public school, founded in 1567. Pop: 61988 (2001)

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Rugby1

Probably earlier than 1835–40 Rugby for def. 1; Middle English Rokeby, Rookby, Old English Rocheberie, possibly earlier Hrōcaburg, Hrōceburh (unrecorded) “Hroca's fort,” influenced by Old Norse ý “town, settlement”; borough ( def. )
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Rugby1

C19: named after the public school at Rugby, where it was first played
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It helped seal Bath's first league title since 1996 and their third trophy of the season, having won the Premiership Rugby Cup and Challenge Cup.

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He then joined the Bath Rugby Academy at 14, with his senior debut coming in 2019.

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Ojomoh, 24, joined Bath Rugby when he was six years old before moving to Chippenham RFC aged nine.

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The former Wigan Warriors star earlier this week became the first rugby league player to be knighted in the sport's 130-year history.

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Cardiff-born Sir Billy scored 478 tries in 488 matches for Wigan after making the switch from rugby union - then an amateur game - to the professional ranks of rugby league in 1953.

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