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doppelgänger

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Dop⋅pel⋅gäng⋅er

[dop-uhl-gang-er; Ger. daw-puhl-geng-er]
–noun
a ghostly double or counterpart of a living person.
Also called doubleganger.


Origin:
1850–55; < G: lit., double-walker
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dop·pel·gäng·er or dop·pel·gang·er   (dŏp'əl-gāng'ər, -gěng'-)   
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).]
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