Definitions for gander
ˈgæn dərgan·der

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. gandernoun

   mature male goose

WiktionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 7 votes

1. gandernoun

   A male goose.

2. gandernoun

   A fool, simpleton

3. gandernoun

   A glance, look.

   Have a gander at what he's written.

4. ganderverb

   ramble, wander

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Gandernoun

   The male of the goose.

   Etymology: gandra, Saxon.

   As deep drinketh the goose as the gander. William Camden, Rem.

   One gander will serve five geese. John Mortimer, Husbandry.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. gander

   A gander is a mature male goose. The term is also used in English idioms such as "take a gander," which means to take a quick look at something.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Gandernoun

   the male of any species of goose

2. Etymology: [AS. gandra, ganra, akin to Prov. G. gander, ganter, and E. goose, gannet. See Goose.]

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Gander

   Gander is a Canadian town located in the northeastern part of the island of Newfoundland in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, approximately 40 kilometres south of Gander Bay, 100 km south of Twillingate and 90 km east of Grand Falls-Windsor. Located on the northeastern shore of Gander Lake, it is the site of Gander International Airport, formerly an important refuelling point for transatlantic aircraft, and, to this day, a preferred stopping point for transatlantic aircraft that need to land because of on-board medical or security emergencies. Most of the streets in Gander are named after famous aviators, including Amelia Earhart, Alcock and Brown, Charles Lindbergh, Eddie Rickenbacker, Marc Garneau and Chuck Yeager.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Gander

   gan′dėr, n. the male of the goose: a simpleton: (U.S.) a man living apart from his wife.—ns. Gan′dercleugh, the place of abode of the hypothetical Jedediah Cleishbotham, editor of the Tales of my Landlord; Gan′derism; Gan′der-par′ty, a social gathering of men only. [A.S. gandra, from ganra, with inserted d; Dut. and Low Ger. gander.]

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. gander

   Gander (noun) an old kind male goose.

   Gander a type of bird that larger than duck lives in land and water.

   
   

   Submitted by pinkss5 on October 21, 2015  

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. GANDER

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Gander is ranked #16060 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Gander surname appeared 1,804 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 would have the surname Gander.
   
   91.6% or 1,653 total occurrences were White.
   3.4% or 63 total occurrences were Black.
   2.3% or 43 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   1.2% or 23 total occurrences were Asian.

Matched Categories

1. • Goose

Anagrams for gander »

1. danger

2. garden

3. grande

4. ranged

How to pronounce gander?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say gander in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of gander in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of gander in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of gander in a Sentence

1. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell:

   What's good for the goose is good for the gander.

2. Stephen Yale-Loehr:

   What's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander, if the Supreme Court rules that federal government no longer as sole responsibility for regulating immigration, lower courts may uphold pro-immigrant or sanctuary or non cooperation polices enacted by states and localities.

3. Bill Miller:

   The left with their defund the police, the mask mandate in schools and all that kind of stuff opened the door, people got tired of it. They got sick of it, and they are fighting back. They are not sitting back and just saying no. They are organizing and ... they are pushing back aggressively. They feel it's been in their face, so [if it's] 'good for the goose, good for the gander.'.

4. Thomas George:

   What is good for the goose is good for the gander, they are no different from anyone else because of their line of work.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=gander
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Gander
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=gander
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gander
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=gander
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=gander
8. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html