lungern.1
/ˈlʌŋə/ colloquial.
One who is diseased or wounded in the lungs.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disorder of respiratory organs > [noun] > disorders of lungs > person
pneumonic1681
pulmonic1733
lunger1893
1893 K. Sanborn Truthful Woman S. Calif. 14 The rainy season is hard for ‘lungers’ and nervous invalids.
1896 Westm. Gaz. 14 Apr. 1/3 There were of course a good many English ‘lungers’ in the village.
1900 R. Kipling in Daily Mail 25 Apr. 4/4 He was a badly-shotten ‘lunger’.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2020).
lungern.2
/ˈlʌndʒə/ One who lunges.
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society > armed hostility > warrior > armed man > [noun] > sword
swordmanc1400
sword-bearer1530
blader1577
fencer1581
sworder1594
flourisher1598
toss-blade1659
home thruster1682
lunger1842
swordsman1859
society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > fencing > [noun] > fencer > types of
heartista1640
small-gut mana1640
time-catcher1707
lunger1842
foilist1907
épéist1910
sabreur1927
sabre-fencer1952
1842 E. Bulwer-Lytton Zanoni ii. i A swifter lunger never crossed a sword.
1887 Daily News 26 July 5/2 The lunger is run through by the man who parries thus.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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