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gangrel

[ gang-gruhl, -ruhl ]

noun

, British Dialect.
  1. a lanky, loose-jointed person.
  2. a wandering beggar; vagabond; vagrant.


gangrel

/ ˈɡæŋrəl; ˈɡæŋɡrəl /

noun

  1. a wandering beggar
  2. a child just able to walk; toddler
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of gangrel1

1300–50; Middle English; See gang 1, -rel; gangling
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Word History and Origins

Origin of gangrel1

C16: from Old English gangan to go 1
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Example Sentences

But tell me, good Gerard, how it is that thou art so willing to leave kith and kin to follow a gangrel wife along the ways?

The female replied in his stead, 'O aye, sir—troth we have a partner—a gangrel body like oursells.

Is it a wonder that very soon we had the slouch of the gangrel and the cunning aspect of the thief?

It happened once that some gangrel women came to Lithend from Bergthorsknoll; they were great gossips and rather spiteful tongued.

And what gangrel loon is this that ye are bringing to the door by the hand?

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