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lunger¹

  • /ˈlʌnd͡ʒə/ UK

noun lungers

  1. A person who lunges.

lunger²

  • /ˈlʌŋə/ UK

noun lungers

  1. slang A person afflicted with a disease of the lungs, especially one suffering from tuberculosis.
  2. in compounds, slang A vehicle whose engine has the specified number of cylinders. Lion-Peugeot, whose recent successes at Barcelona and in Sicily have made them the favorites for the Boulogne race, will present two single-cylinder cars and one twin-cylinder. The one-lungers are special productions with a bore of 3.9 inches […]

Lunger³

proper noun Lungers

  1. A surname.

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noun lung disease- or TB-sufferer

Русскийлёгочный больно́й ljógočnyj bolʹnój, туберкулёзник tuberkuljóznik, чахо́точный čaxótočnyj

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@misc{lunger_2026,
  title = {lunger},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/lunger},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}