fanger
noun
fanger is a noun meaning “A receiver” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-A-N-G-E-R and has 2 syllables, and it appears about once in every 44 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of fanger is fangers.
What does fanger mean?
noun
- 1
A receiver.
- 2
obsoleteA helper; protector.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce fanger?
Fanger has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of fanger
- fangers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is fanger?
Fanger appears about once in every 44 million words in written English, the 204,233rd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does fanger come from?
From Middle English fanger, equivalent to fang (“to catch”) + -er. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Fanger (“catcher”), West Frisian fanger (“catcher”), Dutch vanger (“catcher”), German Low German Fänger (“catcher”), German Fänger (“catcher”), Swedish fångare (“catcher”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).