ganger

See also: Ganger, gånger, and -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.

Noun

ganger (plural gangers)

1. (chiefly Scotland) One who or that which walks or goes; a goer; a walker.
2. A horse that goes quickly.
3. One who oversees a gang of workmen.
   • 1996, Janette Turner Hospital, Oyster, Virago Press, paperback edition, page 159

     'My dad was a railway ganger.'

4. (coal-mining) One who is employed in conveying the coal through the gangways.
5. (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

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Danish

Verb

ganger

1. (deprecated template usage) present of gange

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Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch gagnere. Equivalent to gang +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɣɑ.ŋər/

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• Hyphenation: gan‧ger
• Rhymes: -ɑŋər

Noun

ganger m (plural gangers)

1. (obsolete outside of compounds) A pedestrian.

   Synonym: voetganger

Derived terms

• kettingganger
• kruisganger
• partijganger
• teenganger
• telganger
• voetganger
• zoolganger

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Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

ganger m

1. indefinite plural of gang

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Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse gangr, from Proto-Germanic *gangaz.

Noun

ganger m

1. act of walking
2. movement forward
3. path
4. turning

Declension

  Declension of ganger (strong a-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	ganger	gangrin	gangar	ganganir, ganganer
accusative	gang	gangin	ganga	gangana
dative	gangi, gange	ganginum, gangenom	gangum, gangom	gangumin, gangomen
genitive	gangs	gangsins	ganga	ganganna

Descendants

• Swedish: gång