gangrel

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle English gangrel, equivalent to gang +‎ -rel. Compare gangling.

Noun

gangrel (plural gangrels)

  1. (dialectal, Scotland) A tramp, vagrant, vagabond.
    • 1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide:
      Two men saw him on the road, and have recorded their experience. One was a gangrel, by name McNab, who was travelling from Gledsmuir to Allerkirk with a heavy pack on his back and a bowed head.
  2. (UK dialectal) A tall awkward fellow.
  3. (UK, archaic) A child just beginning to walk; toddler.

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