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Webster 1913 Edition


Gander

Gan′der

,
Noun.
[AS.
gandra
,
ganra
, akin to Prov. G.
gander
,
ganter
, and E.
goose
,
gannet
. See
Goose
.]
The male of any species of goose.

Webster 1828 Edition


Gander

GAN'DER

,
Noun.
[L. anser.] The male of fowls of the goose kind.

Definition 2024


Gander

Gander

See also: gander

English

Proper noun

Gander

  1. A surname.
  2. A town in Newfoundland and Labrador

gander

gander

See also: Gander

English

Noun

gander (plural ganders)

  1. A male goose.
    • 1916, Blanche Fisher Wright, The Original Mother Goose
      Old Mother Goose / When she wanted to wander / Would ride through the air / On a very fine gander.
  2. A fool, simpleton
  3. (slang, used only with “have”, “get” and “take) A glance, look.
    Have a gander at what he’s written.
    I took a gander and she seemed so familiar.

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gander (third-person singular simple present ganders, present participle gandering, simple past and past participle gandered)

  1. (dialect, intransitive) ramble, wander

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Most likely from English gander or Low German gander, ganner. Both are possibly formed from gans (goose) in an analogous way as kater (male cat) from kat ((female) cat) and doffer (male dove) from duif ((female) dove).

Noun

gander m (plural ganders, diminutive gandertje n)

  1. gander, male goose

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