2. Noun. (plural of doppelgänger) ¹
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Definition of Doppelgangers
1. doppelganger [n] - See also: doppelganger
Lexicographical Neighbors of Doppelgangers
Literary usage of Doppelgangers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Night Side of Nature: Or, Ghosts and Ghost Seers by Catherine Crowe (1904)
"... longer in this department, but, returning to the analogous subject of
Doppelgangers, I will relate a few curious instances of this kind of phenomenon. ..."
2. The Life and Letters of Lafcadio Hearn by Elizabeth Bisland, Lafcadio Hearn (1906)
"Are we not all doppelgangers ? — and is not the invisible the only life we really
enjoy ? You may remember I described this house to you as haunted-looking. ..."
3. William Allingham: A Diary by William Allingham (1907)
"I don't quite believe in doppelgangers.' Browning asks me about Byron article in
Fraser, and praises it most warmly. ' Shouldn't mind if my name were at the ..."
4. Planchette: Or, The Despair of Science by Epes Sargent (1869)
"The Germans have a familiar word to designate persons of whom they are related ;
calling them doppelgangers or double-goers. Jung Stilling says, " Examples ..."
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