Ganger
//ˈɡæŋə(ɹ)// name, noun
name, noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 One who or that which walks or goes; a goer; a walker. Scotland
- 2 the foreman of a work gang wordnet
- 3 A horse that goes quickly.
- 4 One who oversees a gang of workmen.
"Primary responsibility must rest with a ganger. He failed to appreciate the danger of disturbing the track, short of ballast, on a very hot day."
- 5 One who is employed in conveying the coal through the gangways.
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- 6 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.
Proper Noun
- 1 A surname.
Example
More examples"Primary responsibility must rest with a ganger. He failed to appreciate the danger of disturbing the track, short of ballast, on a very hot day."
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.
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