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doppelgänger
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dop·pel·gäng·er or dop·pel·gang·er  (dpl-gngr, -gng-)
n.
A ghostly double of a living person, especially one that haunts its fleshly counterpart.

[German, a double : doppel, double (from French double; see double) + Gänger, goer (from Gang, a going, from Middle High German ganc, from Old High German).]

doppelgänger [ˈdɒpəlˌgɛŋə (German) ˈdɔpəlˌgɛŋər]
n
(Myth & Legend / European Myth & Legend) Legend a ghostly duplicate of a living person
[from German Doppelgänger, literally: double-goer]

Doppelgänger, doubleganger
a supposedly ghostly counterpart or double of a living person.
See also: Ghosts


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