Ganger

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. One who or that which gangs or goes; a goer; a walker.
  • noun. One who conducts or superintends a gang or squad, as the foreman of a gang of laborers or plate-layers on a railway.
  • noun. In coal-mining, one who is employed in conveying the coal through the gangways.
  • noun. 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.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. One who oversees a gang of workmen.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. One who oversees a gang of workmen.
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  • noun. the foreman of a work gang
  • Word Usage
    "Beverly Jameson the coordinator of South Yorkshires ` Black Police Association said When you saw the whole footage thing young lady is thrashing about violently and in ganger of hurting both herself and the officers trying to restrain her."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    boss  chief  foreman  gaffer  honcho  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Langer  Sanger  banger  fanger  hangar  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts