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doppelgänger definition

doppel·gänger (däp′əl geŋ′ər)

noun

the supposed ghostly double or wraith of a living person

Etymology: Ger < doppel, double + gänger, goer: see gang

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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