Dictionary Definition
gander n : mature male goose
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
Noun
- A male goose.
- A look.
- Have a gander at what he’s written.
Synonyms
- butcher's, butcher's hook (Cockney rhyming slang for "look")
Translations
a male goose
(slang) a look
Extensive Definition
Gander may refer to:
- an adult male goose
Places
Canada
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Gander, Newfoundland and Labrador, a town in Canada
- Bonavista—Gander—Grand Falls—Windsor, the current federal electoral district in Newfoundland and Labrador
- Gander—Twillingate, a former federal electoral district in Newfoundland and Labrador
- Gander—Grand Falls, a former federal electoral district in Newfoundland and Labrador
- Gander (electoral district), a provincial electoral district for the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador
- Gander Academy, an elementary school in Gander, Newfoundland and Labrador
- Gander Collegiate, a highschool in Gander, Newfoundland and Labrador
- Gander Mall, a one-floor shopping centre located on the corner of Bennet Drive and Airport Blvd. in Gander, Newfoundland and Labrador
- Gander Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador, a collection of communities along Route 330 in Newfoundland and Labrador
-
Gander International Airport, a major airport in Newfoundland
and Labrador
- Gander Control, responsible for controlling aircraft in the western half of the north Atlantic oceanic airspace
- CFB Gander, also known as 9 Wing Gander, a Canadian air force base co-located at Gander International Airport
- Gander Bay, a natural bay located on the island of Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador
- Gander Lake, located in the central part of the Canadian island of Newfoundland
- Gander River, a river in Newfoundland, Canada
France/Luxembourg
- Gander (Moselle), a small river in Luxembourg and France
People
Real
- Andrew Gander, drummer for the Australian band Benders
- Forrest Gander, an American poet and the author of various books of poetry, essays, fiction, and work in translation
- Joseph Gander (1888-1954), Australian politician
- Marc Gander, co-founder of the Consumer Action Group
Fictional
- Gladstone Gander, a Walt Disney fictional character created by comic artist and writer Carl Barks
- Goosetave Gander, a fictional character of the Scrooge McDuck Universe, Gladstone Gander's father
- J. Gander Hooter, a fictional character, featured in Disney's animated television series Darkwing Duck
Other
- Alcock and Gander, a short-lived British sitcom that starred Beryl Reid and Richard O'Sullivan
- Borough Sports Ground, also called Gander Green Lane for the road on which it's located
- Cryptantha ganderi, (Gander's Cryptantha), a hairy plant in the borage family
- Gander (horse), a thoroughbred race horse
- Gander Mountain, a hunting and fishing store
- Gander Stakes, an ungraded stakes race for New York bred Thoroughbred race horses
- Gander, a Newfoundland dog, recipient of the Dickin Medal for bravery
- Goosey Goosey Gander, an English Nursery Rhyme
- Kokusai Ki-59, a 1940s Japanese light transport monoplane codenamed Gander by the Allies
- Packera ganderi, (Gander's ragwort), a plant in the composite family, Asteraceae
- USS Gander, a Danube class starship in the science fiction franchise Star Trek
See also
gander in German: Gander (Begriffsklärung)
gander in French: Gander
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
Bantam,
banty, barn-door fowl,
barnyard fowl, biddy,
billy, billy goat,
boar, broiler, brooder, broody hen,
bubbly-jock, buck, bull, bullock, capon, chanticleer, chick, chickabiddy, chicken, chicky, cock, cockerel, dog, domestic fowl, drake, duck, duckling, dunghill fowl,
entire, entire horse,
fowl, fryer, game fowl, glance, glimpse, gobbler, goose, gosling, guinea cock, guinea
fowl, guinea hen, hart,
he-goat, hen, hen turkey,
partlet, peacock, peek, peep, poulard, poult, poultry, pullet, ram, roaster, rooster, setting hen, spring
chicken, stag, stallion, steer, stewing chicken, stot, stud, studhorse, tom, tom turkey, tomcat, top cow, top horse,
tup, turkey, turkey gobbler,
turkey-cock, wether