bargander

Noun

bargander (plural barganders)

1. (Norfolk, dialectal) Synonym of shelduck.
   • Thanet has abundance of wild-fowl in a severe winter; and a bird, called the bargander, in Latin, chemaloper, often frequents the marshes and waters in it.1801, The New Margate, Ramsgate and Broadstairs Guide
   • Here he sees the whirlings of the ducks, hears the booming of the bitterns, the scream of the heron, the whistle of the plover; sees the figure of the wild geese, the deceit of the lapwing, the variegated beauty of the bargander, the single circling of the curlew, the rapid flight of the teal, the...1829 November, “Wild Fowl Shooting”, in Sporting Magazine, volume 23, page 162

   Synonyms:

   shelduck