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Word entry · 6 letters

ganger

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"Work crew foreman"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ˈɡæŋə/Part of speech nounSorted aeggnrStarts with GEnds with R1 clues
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Definitions

  1. the foreman of a work gang

Word origin

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.

Used in a sentence

  • 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.'

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