name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
ganger
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Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɡæŋə/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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General-American: /ˈɡæŋɚ/ without æ-raising
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/ˈɡeɪ̯ŋɚ/ æ-raising
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/ˈɡɛ̃ŋɚ/ æ-raising
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rhymes with -æŋə(ɹ)
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CMU ARPABET: G AE1 NG ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
One who or that which walks or goes; a goer; a walker.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Scotland
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noun
Meaning 3
A horse that goes quickly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 4
One who oversees a gang of workmen.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: business, rail-transport, railways, transport
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noun
Meaning 5
One who is employed in conveying the coal through the gangways.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: coal mining
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noun
Meaning 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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: nautical, transport
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noun
Meaning 7
the foreman of a work gang
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: foreman, chief, gaffer, honcho, boss
History
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.