Meaning

3 senses
  1. One who gorges.

    someone who eats food rapidly and greedily

  2. (UK)Someone who is not a Romani, Sinti, Gypsy, or Traveller.

  3. (UK, obsolete, slang)A well-dressed man; a swell; sometimes an employer, or principal, as the manager of a theatre.

Origin

From gorge + -er. Compare gadje. Possibly from gorgeous, or of Romani origin like the pr

From gorge + -er.

Compare gadje.

Possibly from gorgeous, or of Romani origin like the previous word.

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Forms

plural: gorgers
Singulargorger
Pluralgorgers

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • someone who eats food rapidly and greedily:scoffer

Word family

1 related words
Relatedgorge

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
gorger — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto