Well attestedNamed from the place
rugby
noun · first attested 19th century
The game is named for the school that played it.
A handling-and-kicking football game with an oval ball.
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Record
- Relationship
- Named from the place
- Confidence
- Well attestedThe place link is the standard scholarly account.
- Attested
- 19th century
- Part of speech
- noun
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- Step 1
Rugby
- Step 2
Rugby School
- In English
rugby
Rugby football takes its name from Rugby School in Warwickshire, where a distinctive handling game was played in the 19th century. The town’s school became the sport.
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