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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

GAN'DER, n. [L. anser.] The male of fowls of the goose kind.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: mature male goose

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English gandra; akin to Old English g?s goose Date: before 12th century 1. an adult male goose 2. simpleton II. noun Etymology: probably from ¹gander; from the outstretched neck of a person craning to look at something Date: circa 1914 look, glance <take a gander>

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & v. --n. 1 a male goose. 2 sl. a look, a glance (take a gander). --v.intr. look or glance. Etymology: OE gandra, rel. to GANNET

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Gander Gan"der, n. [AS. gandra, ganra, akin to Prov. G. gander, ganter, and E. goose, gannet. See Goose.] The male of any species of goose.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(ganders) A gander is a male goose. N-COUNT

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Male goose.

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