Definitions for ganger

ganger gang·er

Spelling: [gang-er]
IPA: /ˈgæŋ ər/

Ganger is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 83 anagrams from letters in ganger (aeggnr).

Definitions for ganger

noun

  1. a foreman of a gang of laborers.

Origin of ganger

First recorded in 1840-50; gang1 + -er1

Examples for ganger

We reach the ganger's hut, and the light spreads and rests on the hills.

Hardly had they scrambled on to the wharf when Trevannion's ganger came up.

But some of the great folks to whom he has been serviceable had him made a ganger.

ganger, the person who superintends the work of a gang, or a number of navigators.

The ganger's advice did not deter or frighten him in the least.

You can hear the ganger shouting and swearing even at this distance.

My name is ganger; I'm on the fourth floor—been there twenty-two years.

(p. 045) Here was a golden opportunity for Rollo the ganger and his vikings.

I met my ganger in one, and managed to get in front of them and ask on the quiet who they were.

He seems to have been much like Rolf the ganger, and a true, valiant viking at heart.

Word Value for ganger
Scrable

8

Words with friends

11

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