Stanger

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proper noun

A surname.

OriginMiddle English stang ← German Stanger →
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Meanings

proper nounStanger (plural Stangers)

plural Stangers

  1. A surname.

Origin

  1. GermanStanger
  2. Middle Englishstang“pole”
  3. EnglishStanger

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.

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strangeSargentgarnetsStagnerangsternagster
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APA

Stanger. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Stanger

MLA

“Stanger.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Stanger. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Stanger,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Stanger.

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