ganger
IPA: gˈæŋɝ
noun
- (chiefly Scotland) One who or that which walks or goes; a goer; a walker.
- A horse that goes quickly.
- (business, rail transport) One who oversees a gang of workmen.
- (coal mining) One who is employed in conveying the coal through the gangways.
- (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.
- A surname.
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Examples of "ganger" in Sentences
- At the age of 14 he was a coal mine ganger..
- I have always acepted the icelandic hrolf ganger as a theory.
- You are hurting the cause of plasma more than any big bang ganger could do.