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• manger
  manger

  noun

  a box or trough in a stable or barn from which horses or cattle eat.
• Manger
  Manger

  noun

  Praesepe.

manger

¹ American  

[mayn-jer] / ˈmeɪn dʒər /

noun

• mangers
  plural

1. a box or trough in a stable or barn from which horses or cattle eat.

2. Nautical.

   1. a space at the bow of a ship, having a partition for confining water entering at the hawseholes until it can be drained.

   2. a sunken bottom in a chain locker, covered by a grating and used to collect water from the anchor chain.

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Manger ² American  

[mayn-jer] / ˈmeɪn dʒər /

noun

Astronomy.

1. Praesepe.

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manger British  

/ ˈmeɪndʒə /

noun

1. a trough or box in a stable, barn, etc, from which horses or cattle feed

2. nautical a basin-like construction in the bows of a vessel for catching water draining from an anchor rode or coming in through the hawseholes

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manger Idioms  

1. see dog in the manger.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• mangers
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of manger¹

1350–1400; Middle English < Middle French maingeure, derivative of mangier to eat < Latin mandūcāre to chew, eat. See manducate

Origin of Manger²

1545–55; as translation of Latin praesēpe

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Example Sentences

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Variant was founded in 2009 by the now CIO of asset manger Prevatt Capital, Jonathan Tepper, under a belief that “robust, repeatable tools work better than gurus with crystal balls.”

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 5, 2026

I found her collection of Nativity scenes, reminding me of our own boys’ playing with the olive-wood manger scene, retelling the Christmas story when they were little.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 4, 2025

One of those is surviving his own birth, presented here in a sequence of torchlit, squishy labor that’s far from the twinkly manger of Christmas-diorama harmony.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2025

This time of year depictions of the Baby Jesus in a manger are everywhere as a commercial cue, an object of worship, as a depiction of the essence of innocence.

From Salon ● Dec. 23, 2024

“We’re living at a manger after all,” Rafik whispered.

From "Habibi" by Naomi Shihab Nye

The police’s presence at the event on Trousdale Place was prompted by a resident reporting “excessive vehicles on the street,” Beverly Hills Deputy City Manger Keith Sterling said in an email to The Times.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 6, 2026

Elle Rathbun, 29, set up Wednesday on the grassy patch across from a Chipotle and Pret a Manger.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2025

He tricked experienced investors like Clive Schlee, the former boss of the sandwich chain Pret a Manger, and John Caudwell, the mobile phone billionaire.

From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2025

Paul Manger, the owner of another large wholesaler, Florida Marine Research, told a pet industry magazine in 2017 that his company carried about 300,000 crabs for retail distribution.

From Slate ● Aug. 19, 2025

We lost ourselves in play, our fingers making Candles, Triangles, Diamonds, and the Manger.

From "Chains" by Laurie Halse Anderson

Along the way they’ve changed general mangers twice, changed head coaches five times and even changed their opponents, facing the Avs this year after losing four straight series to the Edmonton Oilers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 24, 2026

Last month, Union Pacific announced plans to trim the ranks of its mangers across the railroad to help streamline decision making.

From Washington Times ● Dec. 1, 2023

No mangers, no wise men, nary a star of Bethlehem was in sight – just a smattering of seasonal delights for the eyes.

From Salon ● Dec. 23, 2022

Faculty members included producers and hiring mangers from NBC, CBS, Fox Sports and NFL Network.

From New York Times ● Apr. 13, 2022

The resting horses nibbled the remaining wisps of hay, and they stamped their feet and they bit the wood of the mangers and rattled the halter chains.

From "Of Mice and Men" by John Steinbeck

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