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noun
- the male of the goose.Compare goose(def 2).
- Slang. a look: Take a gander at his new shoes.
noun
- a town in E Newfoundland, in Canada: airport on the great circle route between New York and northern Europe.
noun
- a male goose
- informal a quick look (esp in the phrase take (or have) a gander)
- informal a simpleton
Old English gandra “male goose,” from Proto-Germanic *gan(d)ron- (cf. Dutch gander, Middle Low German ganre), from PIE *ghans- “goose” (see goose (n.)). OED suggests perhaps originally the name of some other water-bird and cites Lithuanian gandras “stork.” Sometimes used 19c. like stag in reference to single men or male-only gatherings. Meaning “a long look” is 1912, from gander (v.).
“take a long look,” slang, 1886, from gander (n.) on the notion of craning one’s neck like a goose; earlier it meant “to wander foolishly” (1680s). Related: Gandered; gandering.
see take a gander at.
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