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gorger

gorger noun: one who gorges.

Noun (1)

gorger (plural gorgers)

  1. One who gorges.
    Synonyms:
    glutton

Noun (2)

gorger (plural gorgers)

  1. (UK) Someone who is not a Romani, Sinti, Gypsy, or Traveller.
    • "The majority of these young people were interrelated and a number were of 'mixed' Gypsy/gorger (non-Gypsy) ancestry."2010, Margaret Greenfields and David Martin Smith, "Housed Gypsy Travellers, Social Segregation and the Reconstruction of Communities", published in Housing Studies volume 25, issue 3 p. 397, April...

Noun (3)

gorger (plural gorgers)

  1. (UK, obsolete, slang) A well-dressed man; a swell; sometimes an employer, or principal, as the manager of a theatre.

Synonyms of gorger

Forms of gorger

pluralgorgers

Origin of gorger

From gorge + -er.

Compare gadje.

Possibly from gorgeous, or of Romani origin like the previous word.

Questions about gorger

What does gorger mean?
Gorger means one who gorges.
What part of speech is gorger?
Gorger is a noun.
What is the plural of gorger?
The plural of gorger is gorgers.

Words near gorger in the dictionary

  1. gorgeosity
  2. gorgeous
  3. gorgeously
  4. gorgeousness
  5. gorgeousnesses
  6. gorger
  7. gorgeret
  8. gorgerets
  9. gorgerette
  10. gorgerettes
  11. gorgerin

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