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Word entry · 6 letters

gander

Best crossword clue

"Male goose"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ˈɡæn.də(ɹ)/Part of speech nounSorted adegnrStarts with GEnds with R1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. A mature male goose.

Word origin

From Middle English gandre, from Old English gandra, ganra (“gander”), from Proto-West Germanic *ganʀō, from Proto-Germanic *ganzô (“gander”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰh₂éns (“goose”). The meaning "a look" is derived from the image of craning one's neck like a goose. The meaning 'a man apart from his wife' is derived from a concept of a grass widower, and of calling a husband a goose.

Used in a sentence

  • Old Mother Goose / When she wanted to wander / Would ride through the air / On a very fine gander.
  • Have a gander at what he’s written.
  • I took a gander and she seemed so familiar.

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