Definition of gander
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:an adult male goose
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:simpleton
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Origin and Etymology of gander
Middle English gandre, gander, going back to Old English gandra, ganra, going back to Germanic *gan-ra- (whence Middle Low German ganre "male goose," Upper German dialect Gander, Ganter), derivative from the base of Germanic *gan-s- "goose" — more at 1goose
Origin and Etymology of gander
probably derivative of 1gander, from the goose-like appearance of a person stretching to look at something
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