ˈdouble-ganger
(-gæŋə(r))
[ad. Ger. doppelgänger or Du. dubbelganger double-goer.]
1. The apparition of a living person; a double, a wraith.
| 1830 Scott Demonol. 178 note, He..may probably find it to be his own fetch or wraith or double-ganger. 1865 Kingsley Herew. xix, Either you are Hereward, or you are his double-ganger. |
2. A rendering of amphisbæna, the double-headed snake. nonce-use.
| 1831 Whittier Double-headed Snake 60 Urchins..searching..for sheep or kine The terrible double-ganger heard. |