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Stanger

Stanger proper noun: a surname.

Proper noun

Stanger (plural Stangers)

  1. A surname.

Forms of Stanger

pluralStangers

Origin of Stanger

Various origins: * English surname, probably derived from Middle English stang (“pole”) and possibly being a topographic surname fro someone who lived by a pole or stake * Orcadian habitational surname, from a minor place called Stanagar, in the parish of Stromness. * Borrowed from German Stanger, an occupational surname for a maker of shafts.

Questions about Stanger

What does Stanger mean?
Stanger means a surname.
What part of speech is Stanger?
Stanger is a proper noun.

Words near Stanger in the dictionary

  1. stanged
  2. Stangel
  3. Stangeland
  4. Stangelands
  5. Stangels
  6. Stanger
  7. Stangers
  8. Stanghow
  9. stanging
  10. Stangl
  11. Stangland

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