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ganders

ganders is the plural of gander.

Meaning of gander

Noun

gander (plural ganders)

  1. A male goose.
    • Ganders and geese are at their best for stock from two to ten years old. They live to a great age—it is stated to thirty or more years—but after ten years they cannot be reckoned upon as reliable assets on a farm. Two years old is the best age to mate them, making up pens of a gander and two or...1902, Lewis Wright, “Geese and Swans”, in The New Book of Poultry […], London; […]: Cassell and Company, Limited, page 560, column 1
  2. A fool, simpleton.
  3. (informal) A glance, look.
    • Have a gander at what he’s written.
  4. (US) A man living apart from his wife.

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Questions about ganders

What is ganders the plural of?
Ganders is the plural of gander.

Words near ganders in the dictionary

  1. ganderism
  2. ganderling
  3. ganderlings
  4. gandermooner
  5. gandermooners
  6. ganders
  7. Gandhara
  8. Gandharan
  9. Gandharans
  10. Gandhari
  11. gandharva

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