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doubleganger

noun

Etymology

Partial calque of German Doppelgänger, equivalent to double + ganger.

  1. inherited from gangere — “a ganger, footman”
  2. inherited from ganger
  3. compounded as doubleganger — “double + ganger”

Definitions

  1. A doppelganger.

    • Either you are Hereward, or you are his doubleganger. You speak like Hereward, you look like Hereward. Just what Hereward would be now, you are.

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