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ganger
English
Etymology
From Middle English ganger, from Old English gangere (“a ganger, footman”), equivalent to gang +? -er. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Gunger, West Frisian gonger, Dutch ganger, German Gänger, Danish gjænger, ganger, Swedish gängare, Icelandic gangari.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??æ??(?)/
Noun
ganger (plural gangers)
- (chiefly Scotland) One who or that which walks or goes; a goer; a walker.
- A horse that goes quickly.
- One who oversees a gang of workmen.
- 1996, Janette Turner Hospital, Oyster, Virago Press, paperback edition, page 159
- 'My dad was a railway ganger.'
- 1996, Janette Turner Hospital, Oyster, Virago Press, paperback edition, page 159
- (coal-mining) One who is employed in conveying the coal through the gangways.
- (nautical) A length of chain, one end of which is fastened to an anchor when let go, when the other end is fastened to a hawser.
Derived terms
- footganger
- foreganger
Anagrams
- Gagner, Grange, grange, nagger
Danish
Verb
ganger
- present of gange
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch gagnere. Equivalent to gang +? -er.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???.??r/
- Hyphenation: gan?ger
- Rhymes: -???r
Noun
ganger m (plural gangers)
- (obsolete outside of compounds) A pedestrian.
- Synonym: voetganger
Derived terms
- kettingganger
- kruisganger
- partijganger
- teenganger
- telganger
- voetganger
- zoolganger
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
ganger m
- indefinite plural of gang
Old Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse gangr, from Proto-Germanic *gangaz.
Noun
ganger m
- act of walking
- movement forward
- path
- turning
Declension
Descendants
- Swedish: gång
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ganged
English
Verb
ganged
- simple past tense and past participle of gang
Anagrams
- engag'd, nagged
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