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Definition of Gander

1. Noun. Mature male goose.

Definition of Gander

1. n. The male of any species of goose.

Definition of Gander

1. Noun. A male goose. ¹

2. Noun. A fool, simpleton ¹

3. Noun. (slang used only with “have” and “take”) A glance, look. ¹

4. Verb. (dialect) (intransitive) ramble, wander ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Gander

1. to wander [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: wander

Medical Definition of Gander

1. The male of any species of goose. Origin: AS. Gandra, ganra, akin to Prov. G. Gander, ganter, and E. Goose, gannet. See Goose. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gander

Literary usage of Gander

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Journal of the Statistical Society of London by Statistical Society (Great Britain) (1858)
"A cock and 8 hens, 4s.; 4 geese and a gander, 5s.; 3 old geese, a gander, and their young ... 2 Turkey cocks, 3 geese and a gander, some goslings, 8 hens, ..."

2. The English Illustrated Magazine (1906)
"Along the field with beak agape A proud and portly gander, ... The gander ceased, and paused to mark, With gesture apoplectic, The working on that little ..."

3. Noctes Ambrosianæ by John Wilson, Robert Shelton Mackenzie, James Hogg (1863)
"With pinions half-folded his course see him steer I Oh] if any one sight more grotesque could appear Than the gander in front, 'twas the gander m rear— The ..."

4. Noctes Ambrosianæ by John Wilson, Robert Shelton Mackenzie, James Hogg, William Maginn, John Gibson Lockhart (1856)
"Of the blear-eyed gander of Glasgow,— Have you e'er seen a ... You almost might swear that a hmt he had got From the envious gander of Glasgow,— The pitiful ..."

5. Journal of the Statistical Society of London by Statistical Society (Great Britain) (1858)
"A cock and 8 hens, 4s.; 4 geese and a gander, 5s.; 3 old geese, a gander, and their young ... 2 Turkey cocks, 3 geese and a gander, some goslings, 8 hens, ..."

6. The English Illustrated Magazine (1906)
"Along the field with beak agape A proud and portly gander, ... The gander ceased, and paused to mark, With gesture apoplectic, The working on that little ..."

7. Noctes Ambrosianæ by John Wilson, Robert Shelton Mackenzie, James Hogg (1863)
"With pinions half-folded his course see him steer I Oh] if any one sight more grotesque could appear Than the gander in front, 'twas the gander m rear— The ..."

8. Noctes Ambrosianæ by John Wilson, Robert Shelton Mackenzie, James Hogg, William Maginn, John Gibson Lockhart (1856)
"Of the blear-eyed gander of Glasgow,— Have you e'er seen a ... You almost might swear that a hmt he had got From the envious gander of Glasgow,— The pitiful ..."

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