ganger

Meaning

Noun

• One who or that which walks or goes; a goer; a walker.
• A horse that goes quickly.
• One who oversees a gang of workmen.
• One who is employed in conveying the coal through the gangways.
• 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.

Origin

• From Middle English ganger, from Old English gangere, equivalent to gang + -er. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Gunger, West Frisian gonger, Dutch ganger, German Gänger, Danish gjænger, ganger, Swedish gängare, Icelandic gangari.