Associations to the word «Ganger»

Wiktionary

GANGER, noun. (chiefly Scottish) One who or that which walks or goes; a goer; a walker.
GANGER, noun. One who oversees a gang of workmen.
GANGER, noun. (coal-mining) One who is employed in conveying the coal through the gangways.
GANGER, 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.

Dictionary definition

GANGER, noun. The foreman of a work gang.

Wise words

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Aldous Huxley