gander
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A male goose that is fully grown
- noun
- /ˈɡændər/
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ganso
- The farmer noticed a large gander leading the flock across the field.
Examples
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Precedents are, after all, precedents, and what is good for geese ought to be equally good for ganders.
Academic text (1998) -
Well, when I returned from haymarket, a gander was in father's chair, eating breakfast crumbs off the table.
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Male bird: gander.
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During the spring, a handsome gander guarded his nest by the pond.
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At the farm, the children laughed as the gander chased after them, honking loudly.
Idioms
Surface Forms
Etymology
Gander comes from an old word for 'goose', and it simply names the mature male of a goose.