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Multi-word Results
Arab League |
a confederation of nations sharing a common Arabic language and culture, formed in 1945 to promote economic, military, and political cooperation among its members, and now grown to a total of twenty-one. |
big league |
see "major league." [2 definitions] |
big-league |
of, concerning, or suitable for a top professional sports league, esp. one of the baseball major leagues. [2 definitions] |
bush league |
(informal) the minor leagues in U.S. baseball. |
bush-league |
(informal) pertaining to a second-rate group or sphere of activity. [2 definitions] |
Hanseatic League |
a medieval association of northern European free towns, formed to promote and protect merchants' interests. |
Ivy League |
an association of eight prestigious colleges and universities in the northeastern United States, including Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, Princeton, University of Pennsylvania, and Yale. [2 definitions] |
Junior League |
in the United States, an association of women of high economic and social status who do volunteer work in the local community. |
League of Nations |
an international federation of nations founded in 1919 to promote world peace and cooperation, formally disbanded in 1946, and superseded by the United Nations. |
Little League |
in the United States, a baseball league for players at or under the age of twelve. |
major league |
either of the two highest-level leagues of professional baseball teams in the U.S. [2 definitions] |
minor league |
any league of professional sports teams in the United States that is not considered a major league, esp. in baseball. |
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