ganger

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.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡæŋə(ɹ)/

ganger (plural gangers)

1. (chiefly Scotland) One who or that which walks or goes; a goer; a walker.
2. A horse that goes quickly.
3. One who oversees a gang of workmen.
   • 1961 November, “Talking of Trains: Derailment near Holmes Chapel”, in Trains Illustrated, page 652:

     The length ganger saw the train passing with the van derailed and promptly telephoned the Sandbach signalman, who restored his signals to danger, but not in time to stop the train before the final derailment occurred.

   • 1996, Janette Turner Hospital, Oyster, Virago Press, paperback edition, page 159

     'My dad was a railway ganger.'

4. (coal-mining) One who is employed in conveying the coal through the gangways.
5. (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.

• chain-ganger
• footganger
• foreganger

• Gagner, Grange, grange, nagger

From Old Norse gangari (spelt also as gangvari).

ganger c (singular definite gangeren, plural indefinite gangere)

1. (poetic) steed, mount; riding horse

• ridehest

ganger

1. present of gange

From Middle Dutch gagnere. Equivalent to gang +‎ -er.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɣɑ.ŋər/

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• Hyphenation: gan‧ger
• Rhymes: -ɑŋər

ganger m (plural gangers)

1. (obsolete outside of compounds) A pedestrian.

   Synonym: voetganger

• blindganger
• kettingganger
• kruisganger
• partijganger
• teenganger
• telganger
• voetganger
• zoolganger

ganger m

1. indefinite plural of gang

From Old Norse gangr, from Proto-Germanic *gangaz.

ganger m

1. act of walking
2. movement forward
3. path
4. turning

• Swedish: gång