lou gehrig

1. 1.

   baseball player who died of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (1903-1941)

   SynonymsGehrigHenry Louis Gehrig

   Broaderballplayer

Questions about lou gehrig

What does lou gehrig mean?

lou gehrig means "baseball player who died of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (1903-1941)".

What is another word for lou gehrig?

Close synonyms include Gehrig, Henry Louis Gehrig. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is lou gehrig a common word?

lou gehrig is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.