gangrel

noun

1. A tramp, vagrant, vagabond.

   Two men saw him on the road, and have recorded their experience. One was a gangrel, by name McNab, who was travelling from Gledsmuir to Allerkirk with a heavy pack on his back and a bowed head.

2. A tall awkward fellow.

3. A child just beginning to walk; toddler.

   archaic

Where it comes from

From Middle English gangrel, equivalent to gang + -rel. Compare gangling.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry gangrel (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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