gorger

¹

[ gawr-jer ]

noun

1. a person or animal that eats greedily and excessively, or that feeds voraciously on a particular thing:

   My brothers and sisters were all instant-gratification gorgers, and consumed their Halloween candy as quickly as they could.

   The ladybug is a voracious gorger of aphids.

2. a person greedy for power, money, etc.:

   The judgment effectively provides blanket immunity for the many political gorgers who made off with almost $9 billion in "unaccounted-for" taxpayer money.

gorger

²

[ gawr-jer ]

noun

1. Often Gorger. Sometimes Disparaging and Offensive. a Romani term for a person who is not Romani:

   The fights start when she decides to break with tradition and marry outside the Roma community; her fiancé is a gorger.

adjective

1. Often Gorger. Sometimes Disparaging and Offensive. a Romani term meaning “non-Romani”:

   It is sad that relationships between Roma and Gorger communities are so strained where once they would have been quite relaxed.

Word History and Origins

Origin of gorger¹

gorge ¹( def ) + -er ¹( def )

Origin of gorger²

First recorded in 1840–45; phonetic spelling of American Romani gorger, from British Romani gawja, from Romani gadjo “non-Romani man”

Example Sentences

It could help river advocates fight for cleaner water running through the gorge and should ensure access to the world-class climbing inside the new park boundaries for generations to come.

From Outside Online

The wimple or gorger is stated first to have appeared in Edward the First's reign.

From Project Gutenberg

Et le plat drle ose appeler trs-clment celui qui fit gorger sous les yeux de Maurice ses quatre fils avant de l'gorger lui-mme.

From Project Gutenberg

Gorger, a swell, a well-dressed, or gorgeous man—probably derived from the latter adjective.

From Project Gutenberg

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