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magar

magar is the alternative form of mugger.

Meaning of mugger

Noun (1)

mugger (plural muggers)

  1. A person who assaults and robs others, especially in a public place.
  2. A person who makes exaggerated faces, as a performance; a gurner.

Noun (2)

mugger (plural muggers)

  1. A large crocodile, Crocodylus palustris, of southwest Asia, having a very broad wrinkled snout.
    Synonyms:
    marsh crocodile, mugger crocodile, swamp crocodile

Noun capitalized: Magar

Magar (plural Magars)

  1. A member of a particular ethnic group from Nepal and northern India.

Proper noun capitalized: Magar

Magar

  1. The Sino-Tibetan language spoken by the Magar people.

Forms of magar

pluralmagars
pluralMagars

Origin of magar

From Nepali मगर (magar), from the name in Eastern Magar.

Questions about magar

What does magar mean?
Magar means a member of a particular ethnic group from Nepal and northern India.
What is magar the alternative form of?
Magar is the alternative form of mugger.
What part of speech is magar?
Magar can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of magar?
The plural of magar is magars.

Words near magar in the dictionary

  1. Maganjin
  2. MAGAnomics
  3. Magans
  4. Maganti
  5. MAGAphone
  6. magar
  7. Magarao
  8. magars
  9. magas
  10. MAGAsphere
  11. Magaswi

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: magar (page history and authors); Magar (page history and authors); mugger (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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