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 === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɡæŋə/ (General American, without æ-raising) IPA(key): /ˈɡæŋɚ/ (æ-raising) IPA(key): /ˈɡeɪ̯ŋɚ/, /ˈɡɛ̃ŋɚ/ Rhymes: -æŋə(ɹ) Hyphenation: gang‧er === Noun === ganger (plural gangers) (chiefly Scotland) One who or that which walks or goes; a goer; a walker. A horse that goes quickly. (business, rail transport) One who oversees a gang of workmen. (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. ==== Related terms ==== === Anagrams === Gagner, Grange, grange, nagger == Danish == === Etymology === From Old Danish gangæræ, from Old Norse gangari (spelt also as gangvari). === Noun === ganger c (singular definite gangeren, plural indefinite gangere) (poetic or humorous) steed, mount; riding horse (archaic) a walker; (person who walks) ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== ridehest === Verb === ganger present of gange == Dutch == === Etymology === From Middle Dutch gagnere. Equivalent to gang +‎ -er. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɣɑ.ŋər/ Hyphenation: gan‧ger Rhymes: -ɑŋər === Noun === ganger m (plural gangers, no diminutive) (obsolete outside of compounds) a pedestrian Synonym: voetganger ==== Derived terms ==== == Norwegian Bokmål == === Noun === ganger m indefinite plural of gang == Old Swedish == === Alternative forms === ᚵᛆᚿᚵᚽᚱ === Etymology === From Old Norse gangr, from Proto-Germanic *gangaz. === Noun === ganger m act of walking movement forward path turning ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== Swedish: gång