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gan⋅der

  [gan-der]
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–noun
1. the male of the goose. Compare goose (def. 2).
2. Slang. a look: Take a gander at his new shoes.
Origin:
bef. 1000; 1910–15 for def. 2; ME; OE gan(d)ra; c. MLG ganre, D gander; akin to goose, G Gans

Gan⋅der

  [gan-der]
–noun
a town in E Newfoundland, in Canada: airport on the great circle route between New York and northern Europe.
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gan·der   (gān'dər)   
n.  
  1. A male goose.
  2. Informal A look or glance: "Everyone turns and takes a gander at the yokels" (Garrison Keillor).
  3. Informal A simpleton; a ninny.

[Middle English, from Old English gandra; see ghans- in Indo-European roots.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Gander

Gan"der\, n. [AS. gandra, ganra, akin to Prov. G. gander, ganter, and E. goose, gannet. See Goose.] The male of any species of goose.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : gander
Spanish: ganso macho,
German: der Gänserich,
Japanese: ガチョウの雄
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gander 
O.E. gandra "male goose," from P.Gmc. *gan(d)ron- (cf. Du. gander, M.L.G. ganre), perhaps originally the name of some other water fowl (cf. Lith. gandras "stork"). The slang sense of "take a long look" is first recorded 1887, from the notion of craning one's neck like a goose.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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gander

see take a gander at.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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Gander

town, northeastern Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It lies just north of Gander Lake, 206 miles (332 km) northwest of St. John's. Gander is home to a major international airport. The site was selected as an air base in 1935 by the British Air Ministry, and transatlantic flights began in 1939. During World War II it was a vital base for air ferries to Britain and Atlantic patrol aircraft. In 1945 the base became a civil airport controlled by the Newfoundland government, and in 1949, when Newfoundland joined the Canadian confederation, the airport was acquired by the Canadian government. The airport became a principal stopover point in the early years of postwar transatlantic air travel, but its importance diminished with the introduction of long-range aircraft that did not require refueling.

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