WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
ag•ger
(aj′ər),USA pronunciation n.
- OceanographyAlso called double tide.
- a high tide in which the water rises to a certain level, recedes, then rises again.
- a low tide in which the water recedes to a certain level, rises slightly, then recedes again.
- Antiquity, Architecture(in ancient Roman building) an earthen mound or rampart, esp. one having no revetment.
- Latin: rubble, mound, rampart, equivalent. to ag- ag- + -ger, base of gerere to carry, bring
- Middle English: heap, pile 1350–1400
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