ganger, gangar

[Eng. gang; -er.] 1. A walker, a goer, a mover. "The stringhalt will gae aff when it's gaen a mile; it's a weel kenn'd ganger ; they ca' it souple Tam."-Scott: Rob Roy , ch. xxvii. 2. A pedestrian; one who travels on foot, as distinguished from one mounted on horseback. "And gif ony complaynt be of sik ridaris or gangaris , the kyng command is his officiaris till arest thame, & put thame vnder sikkir borowis quhill the kyng be certify it thar of."- Acts Jas . I., 1424 (ed. 1814), p. 1. 3. The overseer or foreman of a gang of laborers employed on some particular work; as, the ganger of a gang of platelayers on a railway. "The ganger, or head of the working gang, who receives his orders from the inspector, and directs the men ac. cordingly."-Mayhew: London Labor and the London Poor , ii. 487. Găn-get-Ic, *Găn-gic, a . [Lat. Ganget (icus); Lat., Eng., .. Gang ( es ), and Eng. suff. -ic .] Of or in river Ganges. IMG:content-0316.png:[blocks in formation]