The Collaborative International Dictionary
Jugger \Jug"ger\, n. (Zo["o]l.) An East Indian falcon. See Lugger.
Wiktionary
n. The Indian falcon (''Falco jugger'')
Wikipedia
Jugger is a sport inspired by the 1989 movie The Salute of the Jugger (released as The Blood of Heroes in the US), in which a game of the same name is played. The film version was invented by the film's writer/director, David Webb Peoples, especially for the movie. The transformation into a real sport happened independently in Germany and in Australia.
Jugger as sport is gaining popularity in Germany, especially with university and college teams, with its own league. There are teams in Australia, Ireland, England, Poland, Denmark, Spain, Sweden, Colombia, Costa Rica and The Netherlands. A couple of variations of the sport are played in the USA. Some follow the International version (e.g. Germany, Ireland etc.) while others use a model that more closely resembles The Game that is played in the movie.
The first ever Jugger international tournament took place in Hamburg, Germany on 20 May 2007 between the Irish team Setanta and a number of the Northern German teams. In 2008, Australia and Ireland came to Germany to take part in the 1. German Open, the first two-continent tournament in Jugger.
Usage examples of "jugger".
Secretly he had been attempting an innovation at his brooders: a dragon almost as massive as the Jugger with the savage intelligence and agility of the Blue Horror.
How strange was the quality of life, which had produced Basic and Jugger, sacerdote and himself.
Anyone who wanted to talk to Parker about business had to send a message through a guy named Joe Sheer, a retired jugger living outside Omaha.
Golden Banbeck, in his turn, developed the Juggers, but allowed an uneasy truce to continue.
Long-horned Murderers and Striding Monsters, but the heavier and more specialized types, especially Juggers, were far from adequate to his plans.
Bring me a dozen sound Juggers, you may depart with a hundred children of your choice.
There Joaz Banbeck may be expected to discover you, and you must deploy so that when he brings up his Juggers you can topple them back with Fiends.
Avoid committing our Juggers, harry him with Termagants, reserve the Murderers to strike wherever he reaches the edge.
Behind came the ponderous Juggers, grunting, gurgling, teeth clashing together with the vibration of their steps.
And if we venture out on Starbreak Fell his Juggers will destroy us in minutes.
Nevertheless, the attack served its own purpose, allowing him to bring his knights, Fiends and Juggers down from Northguard before Carcolo could gain the heights of Barch Spike.
His Fiends burrowed ever deeper into the crazed and almost helpless Banbeck Juggers, while the Carcolo Murderers and Blue Horrors held back the Banbeck Fiends.
Banbeck Fiends had almost reached his Juggers, who were backing slowly, with heads lowered, fangs fully extended.
The Fiends slit its belly, and now Carcolo had only five Juggers left.
Two of the Juggers had been blinded, and could fight no more till they had grown new eyes.