Ganger

Definition: Ganger

Ganger

Noun

1. The foreman of a work gang.

Note: Ganger \Gang"er\, noun. One who oversees gang of workmen.. (Websters 1913)

Domain	Definitions
Mining	A work gang foreman. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms by domain: linemen (transportation), platelayer.

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Agent	Maker, artificer, artist, wright, manufacturer, architect, builder, mason, bricklayer, smith, forger, Vulcan; carpenter; ganger, platelayer; blacksmith, locksmith, sailmaker, wheelwright.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Domain	Title
References	Ganger Rolf ASA: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference) (more reference examples)

Books	GANGER ROLF ASA: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (Financial Performance Series) (reference) Ganger, guard, and signalman : working memories of the Settle & Carlisle (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

"Ganger" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Ganger" is used about 7 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	7	133,076

The following table summarizes the usage of "ganger" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.

Name	Usage/Gender	Usage per 100 million Persons	Rank in USA
Ganger	Last name	200	30,392
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

Country	Name
Norway	Ganger Rolf ASA
	(more examples...)

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "ganger"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		rojtar (care-taker, custodian, gangsman, gaoler, old timer, overlooker, sentinel, sentry, watch, watchdog, watchman), këmbësor (foot passenger, foot slogger, footer, footman, infantryman, pedestrian, unmounted, Walker). (various references)

Arabic		‏رئيس عمال. (various references)

Bulgarian		старши работник, бригадир (foreman, overman). (various references)

Chinese		工头 (Foreman, Foremen). (various references)

Czech		předák party. (various references)

Danish		baneformand (lineman, platelayer, trackman), banebetjent (lengthman, patrol man, platelayer, trackman). (various references)

Dutch		technisch assistent (lineman, platelayer, trackman), schouwer (patrol man). (various references)

French		garde-voies, surveillant de la voie, chef d'équipe de travailleurs, chef d'équipe (gang leader), agent de voie, agent de parcours. (various references)

German		Vormann (chief of party, gaffer, preceding endorser, previous endorser, sub-foreman), Vorarbeiter (assistant foreman, charge hand, chief of party, foreman, foremen, gaffer, manager, overseer, sub-foreman), Streckenwärter (linesman, patrol man), Streckenaufseher (lineman, platelayer, trackman), Schichtmeister (chief of party, sub-foreman), Schichtfuehrer (chief of party, sub-foreman), Bahnwärter (lengthman, lineman, patrol man, platelayer, signalman, trackman). (various references)

Greek		υπάλληλος γραμμής (patrol man), φύλακας γραμμής (patrol man), ελεγκτής κατάστασης γραμμής (lineman, platelayer, trackman). (various references)

Hungarian		gyors járású ló, munkavezető (clerk of works, gaffer, gang boss, overseer), munkáscsoport vezetõje, munkáscsoport vezetője, brigádvezető (foreman, gang boss). (various references)

Italian		sorvegliante della linea (lineman, platelayer, trackman), caposquadra (chief of party, foreman, overman, sub-foreman), agente in servizio di vigilanza (patrol man). (various references)

Korean		두목 (BOSS, Bosses). (various references)

Manx		meoir (agent of estate, bailiff, curator, custodian, keeper, manager, mayor, prefect, steward, supervisor, taskmaster). (various references)

Pig Latin		angergay.(various references)

Portuguese		conspirar contra, capataz (captain, chief of party, clerk of works, deputy, foreman, gag, gangling, gangster, inspector, keeper, overman, overseer, sub-foreman, taskmaster). (various references)

Romanian		şef de echipã (master's mate). (various references)

Russian		быстрая лошадь (fast horse), десятник (foreman, gaffer, gangsman, overman). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		nadzornik (driver, floor walker, floorwalker, foreman, gaffer, overlooker, overman, steward, supervisor, surveyor, viewer, warden). (various references)

Spanish		capataz (chief of party, clerk of works, deputy, first-line supervisor, foreman, gaffer, inspector, official, overman, overseer, sub-foreman, supervisor, taskmaster). (various references)

Turkish		postabaşı (captain, gang boss), ekip başı (gang boss). (various references)

Ukranian		бригадир (overman, taskmaster), пішохід (footer, footpassenger, footslogger, pedestrian), десятник (boss, butty, gaffer, gangsman, overman). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "ganger": gangers. (additional references)
	Words ending with "ganger": doppelganger. (additional references)
	Words containing "ganger": doppelgangers. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Ganger" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Gageure, gan-gan, gangel, gangi, Gangotri, gangser, ganter, Gaungit, Gnangara, Gogner, gunge, Nganga. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "ganger" (pronounced ga"nger)
3	-a" ng er	banger, hangar, hanger, Sanger.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: grange, nagger.
	Words within the letters "a-e-g-g-n-r"
	-1 letter: agger, anger, eggar, gager, range, regna.
	-2 letters: ager, earn, gaen, gage, gane, gang, gear, gnar, gran, near, rage, rang.
	-3 letters: age, ane, are, ear, egg, eng, era, erg, ern, gae, gag, gan, gar, gen, nae, nag, rag, ran, reg.
	-4 letters: ae, ag, an, ar, en, er, na, ne, re.
	Words containing the letters "a-e-g-g-n-r"
	+1 letter: engager, gangers, gangrel, gearing, granger, granges, naggers, naggier.
	+2 letters: agreeing, angering, engagers, enraging, ganglier, gangrels, gangrene, gangster, garganey, gearings, grangers, greasing, lagering, langrage, reengage, regaling, snaggier, wagering, waggoner.
	+3 letters: averaging, badgering, beggaring, daggering, dangering, degrading, deranging, dogearing, engraving, enlarging, gandering, gangrened, gangrenes, gangsters, garageman, garagemen, gardening, garganeys, garnering, gartering, gathering, gheraoing, glengarry, graveling, greengage, gregarine, intergang, laagering, langrages, niggarded, pargeting, presaging, rearguing, reengaged, reengages, regaining, regarding, regauging, regearing, reglazing, regrading, regrating, rehanging, reimaging, restaging, retagging, saggering, segregant, targeting, waggoners.
	+4 letters: absterging, aggrandise, aggrandize, aggressing, aggression, aggrieving, begroaning, brigandage, caregiving, congregant, congregate, cragginess, degreasing, deraigning, derogating, desugaring, earwigging, embargoing, emigrating, engrafting, engrailing, engraining, engravings, estranging, gallerying, gangbanger, gangbuster, gangrening, gangrenous, garbageman, garbagemen, garmenting, gatherings, gauffering, gearchange, generating, gingersnap, graecizing, grangerism, gravelling, greatening, greengages, gregarines, juggernaut, leaguering, leveraging, margenting, operagoing, pargetting, raggedness, realigning, rechanging, recharging, redamaging, redarguing, reengaging, regelating, regrafting, regranting, regulating, relegating, renegading, sandbagger, segregants, seignorage, staggering, swaggering, tobogganer, triggerman.
	+5 letters: aggrandised, aggrandises, aggrandized, aggrandizer, aggrandizes, aggregating, aggregation, aggressions, bedraggling, beglamoring, brigandages, caregivings, congregants, congregated, congregates, congregator, degradingly, denigrating, disagreeing, embrangling, encouraging, endangering, expurgating, filagreeing, firefanging, fragmenting, gangbangers, gangbusters, gangsterdom, gangsterish, gangsterism, gearchanges, germanizing, germinating, gingerbread, gingersnaps, glaringness, glengarries, grangerisms, gratineeing, haggardness, ingathering, ingurgitate, integrating, juggernauts, laggardness, malingering, operagoings, overgoading, overgrazing, overhanging, rearranging, reassigning, reengraving, regathering, reimagining, repackaging, retargeting, sandbaggers, segregating, segregation, seigniorage, seignorages, strangering, teargassing, tobogganers, upgathering, variegating.
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