dop·pel·gäng·er or dop·pel·gang·er (d p  l-g ng r, -g ng-)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.
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