Doubleganger

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A doppelganger.

    "Either you are Hereward, or you are his doubleganger. You speak like Hereward, you look like Hereward. Just what Hereward would be now, you are."

Example

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"Either you are Hereward, or you are his doubleganger. You speak like Hereward, you look like Hereward. Just what Hereward would be now, you are."

Etymology

Partial calque of German Doppelgänger, equivalent to double + ganger.

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