gangrel

[ gang-gruhl, -ruhl ]

/ ˈgæŋ grəl, -rəl /

Save This Word!

noun British Dialect.

a lanky, loose-jointed person.

a wandering beggar; vagabond; vagrant.

QUIZ

WILL YOU SAIL OR STUMBLE ON THESE GRAMMAR QUESTIONS?

Smoothly step over to these common grammar mistakes that trip many people up. Good luck!

Question 1 of 7

Fill in the blank: I can’t figure out _____ gave me this gift.

who

whom

TAKE THE QUIZ TO FIND OUT

Origin of gangrel

1300–50; Middle English; See gang¹, -rel; cf. gangling

Words nearby gangrel

gangplank, gang plough, gang plow, gangpunch, gang rape, gangrel, gangrene, gang saw, gangsta, gangsta rap, gangster

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

How to use gangrel in a sentence

But tell me, good Gerard, how it is that thou art so willing to leave kith and kin to follow a gangrel wife along the ways?
The Water of the Wondrous Isles|William Morris
The female replied in his stead, 'O aye, sir—troth we have a partner—a gangrel body like oursells.
Red Gauntlet|Sir Walter Scott
Is it a wonder that very soon we had the slouch of the gangrel and the cunning aspect of the thief?
John Splendid|Neil Munro
It happened once that some gangrel women came to Lithend from Bergthorsknoll; they were great gossips and rather spiteful tongued.
The story of Burnt Njal|Anonymous

And what gangrel loon is this that ye are bringing to the door by the hand?
Cleg Kelly, Arab of the City|S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett

British Dictionary definitions for gangrel

gangrel

/ (ˈɡæŋɡrəl, ˈɡæŋrəl) /

noun Scot archaic, or literary

a wandering beggar

a child just able to walk; toddler

Word Origin for gangrel

C16: from Old English gangan to go 1

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012