gorger

== English == === Etymology 1 === From gorge +‎ -er. ==== Noun ==== gorger (plural gorgers) One who gorges. ===== Synonyms ===== See Thesaurus:glutton === Etymology 2 === Compare gadje. ==== Noun ==== gorger (plural gorgers) Someone who is not a Romani, Sinti, Gypsy, or Traveller. 2010, Margaret Greenfields and David Martin Smith, "Housed Gypsy Travellers, Social Segregation and the Reconstruction of Communities", published in Housing Studies volume 25, issue 3 p. 397, April 27, 2010 "The majority of these young people were interrelated and a number were of 'mixed' Gypsy/gorger (non-Gypsy) ancestry." === Etymology 3 === Possibly from gorgeous. ==== Noun ==== gorger (plural gorgers) (UK, slang, obsolete) A well-dressed man; a swell; sometimes an employer, or principal, as the manager of a theatre. ===== References ===== John Camden Hotten (1873), The Slang Dictionary === Anagrams === Gregor == French == === Etymology === From gorge +‎ -er. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡɔʁ.ʒe/ === Verb === gorger to gorge oneself (eat greedily) ==== Conjugation ==== This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written gorge- before endings that begin with -a- or -o- (to indicate that the -g- is a "soft" /ʒ/ and not a "hard" /ɡ/). This spelling change occurs in all verbs in -ger, such as neiger and manger. ==== Derived terms ==== se gorger === Further reading === “gorger”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012