gander

/ˈɡæn.də(ɹ)/

Etymology

* As an English surname, from the noun gander. * Also as an English surname, spelling variant of Ganter, itself related to French ganter (“to glove”). * As a north German surname, from Gandern in Brandenburg. * Also as a north German surname, from Ganter (“male goose”). * As a south German and Alemannic German surname, from Gand (“scree”). The town in Newfoundland is named after Gander Bay or Gander Lake, the names of which derive from the noun gander.

name

A surname.
A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador.

noun

A male goose.“Ganders and geese are at their best for stock from two to ten years old. They live to a great age—it is stated to thirty or more years—but after ten years they cannot be reckoned upon as reliable assets on a farm. Two years old is the best age to mate them, making up pens of a gander and two or three geese at the New Year. It is difficult sometimes to distinguish ganders from geese. A practical ma”
A fool, simpleton.
A glance, look.“Have a gander at what he’s written.”
A man living apart from his wife.

verb

to ramble, wander