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   lair

   /lɛː/

   noun

   • 1. a place where a wild animal, especially a fierce or dangerous one, lives: "he saw that his dogs had roused a wild boar from its lair" Similar denburrowholeliecoverttunneldugouthollowcavehaunt
   • ▪ a secret or private place in which a person, especially a criminal or enemy, takes refuge: "he led the police to the criminals' lair" Similar hideawayhiding placehideoutrefugesanctuaryhavencacheshelterretreatinformal:hidey-hole
   • 2. a burial plot in a graveyard: Scottish "their ashes now lie buried in a lair in the Glasgow necropolis"

   Word Origin Old Englishleger ‘resting place, bed’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch leger ‘bed, camp’ and German Lager ‘storehouse’, also to lie1. Compare with laager, lager.

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