doubleganger
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of doubleganger
1820–30; half-translation of German Doppelgänger
Example Sentences
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Pardonnez-moi, but when you have enjoyed your status as Doubleganger a soupcon longer, you will understand that great men can rarely be Resurrected.
From Project Gutenberg
Believe me, a temporal operation is no joke, and to start with, there isn't one person in a hundred who can endure to be cut from his lifeline and become a really wide-awake Doubleganger—a Demon, that is—let alone a Soldier.
From Project Gutenberg
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