War of the Grand Alliance War of the League of Augsburg | an aggressive war waged by Louis XIV against Spain and the Holy Roman Empire and England and Holland and other states (-) |
major-league team major-league club | a team that plays in a major league |
minor-league team minor-league club | a team that plays in a minor league |
Arab League | an international organization of independent Arab states formed in to promote cultural and economic and military and political and social cooperation |
League of Nations | an international organization formed into promote cooperation and peace among nations, although suggested by Woodrow Wilson, the United States never joined and it remained powerless, it was dissolved in after the United Nations was formed |
league conference | an association of sports teams that organizes matches for its members |
major league big league majors | the most important league in any sport (especially baseball) |
minor league minors bush league | a league of teams that do not belong to a major league (especially baseball) |
baseball league | a league of baseball teams |
little league | a commercially sponsored baseball league for players between and years of age |
little-league team | a team that plays in a little league |
basketball league | a league of basketball teams |
bowling league | a league of bowling teams |
football league | a league of football teams |
hockey league | a league of hockey teams |
Ivy League | a league of universities and colleges in the northeastern United States that have a reputation for scholastic achievement and social prestige |
Hanseatic League | a commercial and defensive confederation of free cities in northern Germany and surrounding areas, formed in and most influential in the th century when it included over towns and functioned as an independent political power, the last official assembly was held in |
league | an association of states or organizations or individuals for common action |
Iroquois League League of Iroquois Five Nations Six Nations | a league of Iroquois tribes including originally the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga and Seneca (the Five Nations), after they were joined by the Tuscarora (the Six Nations) |
league | an obsolete unit of distance of variable length (usually miles) |
league | unite to form a league |
band oneself league together | attach oneself to a group |
bush-league bush | not of the highest quality or sophistication |
in league(p) | (usually followed by `with') united in effort as if in a league, they found out that some policemen were in league with the criminals |