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===Etymology===
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===Etymology 2===

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# Someone who is not a [[Romani]], [[Sinti]], [[Gypsy]], or [[Traveller]]
#* '''2010''', Margaret Greenfields and David Martin Smith, "[http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02673031003711022 Housed Gypsy Travellers, Social Segregation and the Reconstruction of Communities]", published in ''Housing Studies'' volume 25, issue 3 p. 397, April 27, 2010
#*: "The majority of these young people were interrelated and a number were of 'mixed' Gypsy/gorger (non-Gypsy) ancestry."
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Revision as of 03:41, 20 August 2016

English

Etymology 1

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Noun

gorger (plural gorgers)

  1. One who gorges

Synonyms

Anagrams

Etymology 2

Noun

gorger (plural gorgers)

  1. Someone who is not a Romani, Sinti, Gypsy, or Traveller

French

Etymology

From gorge (throat)

Pronunciation

Verb

gorger

  1. to gorge

Derived terms

Conjugation

This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written gorge- before endings that begin with -a- or -o- (to indicate that the -g- is a "soft" /ʒ/ and not a "hard" /ɡ/). This spelling-change occurs in all verbs in -ger, such as neiger and manger.