gangrel

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noun

A tramp, vagrant, vagabond.

OriginMiddle English gangrel →
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Meanings

noungangrel (plural gangrels)

plural gangrels · alternative gangrell · alternative gangerel

  1. ScotlanddialectalA tramp, vagrant, vagabond.

    Two men saw him on the road, and have recorded their experience. One was a gangrel, by name McNab, who was travelling from Gledsmuir to Allerkirk with a heavy pack on his back and a bowed head.

    1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide
  2. UKdialectalA tall awkward fellow.
  3. UKarchaicA child just beginning to walk; toddler.

Origin

  1. Middle Englishgangrel
  2. Englishgangrel

From Middle English gangrel, equivalent to gang + -rel. Compare gangling.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

gangler
Cite this entry
APA

gangrel. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gangrel

MLA

“gangrel.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gangrel. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gangrel,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gangrel.

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