▪ I. lunger1 colloq.
(ˈlʌŋə(r))
[f. lung + -er1.]
One who is diseased or wounded in the lungs.
| 1893 K. A. Sanborn Truthf. Wom. in 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’. |
▪ II. lunger2
(ˈlʌndʒə(r))
[f. lunge v.1 + -er1.]
One who lunges.
| 1842 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. |