doppelganger
See also: doppelgänger and Doppelgänger
English
WOTD – 15 July 2009
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from German Doppelgänger (“ghostly spirit”, literally “double walker”), from Doppel (“duplicate, double”) + Gänger (“goer”).
Pronunciation
Noun
doppelganger (plural doppelgangers)
- A ghostly double of a living person, especially one that haunts such a person.
- An evil twin.
- A remarkably similar double; a lookalike.
- (fantasy) A monster that takes the forms of people, usually after killing them.
Synonyms
Translations
ghostly double of a living person
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evil twin
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remarkably similar double
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Further reading
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Portuguese
Alternative forms
Noun
doppelganger m (plural doppelgangers)
- (fantasy) doppelganger (ghostly double of a living person)
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