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GANDER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does gander mean? 

GANDER (noun)
  The noun GANDER has 1 sense:

1. mature male gooseplay

  Familiarity information: GANDER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GANDER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Mature male goose

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("gander" is a kind of...):

goose (web-footed long-necked typically gregarious migratory aquatic birds usually larger and less aquatic than ducks)


 Context examples 


“To the wood, the flax, and the gander's wing!” said an old gray-headed archer on the right.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I think (with deference be it spoken) the contrast could not be much greater between a sleek gander and a fierce falcon: between a meek sheep and the rough-coated keen-eyed dog, its guardian.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)



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