ganger
/ˈɡæŋɚ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.85 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
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.
name
A surname.
Example Sentences
- "I was sent out to a little village called Wee-Wee-Rup where the ganger, Dinny Kelly, gave me an order on the store to get a tent and blankets[.]"
- "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."
- "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."
- "'My dad was a railway ganger.'"
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.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈɡæŋɚ/
- British English: /ˈɡæŋə/