doppelgänger
or Doppelgänger
a ghostly double or counterpart of a living person.
Origin of doppelgänger
1- Also called doubleganger.
Words Nearby doppelgänger
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How to use doppelgänger in a sentence
Since your doppelgänger was twice as fast as you, that meant they must have moved twice as far in some direction.
Can You Hit These Riddles Out Of The Park? | Zach Wissner-Gross | October 15, 2021 | FiveThirtyEightOn the other side of the lamppost, the same distance away, there was a doppelgänger, who was obscured by the lamppost and who moved precisely twice as fast as you at all times.
Can You Hit These Riddles Out Of The Park? | Zach Wissner-Gross | October 15, 2021 | FiveThirtyEightFeeling outmaneuvered, you suspect that your doppelgänger moves precisely twice as fast as you at all times.
Still no sign of the speedy doppelgänger, who is assuredly still obscured by the lamppost.
You can’t be sure, but you briefly spot a doppelgänger on the other side of the lamppost, the same distance away.
So she embarked on a quest to find her Palestinian doppelganger.
Israel, Hamas, WhatsApp and Hacked Phones in the Gaza Psy-War | Itay Hod | July 26, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe says the character of Matt is, in a way, his doppelganger.
Max Friedlich, Teenage Playwright, Dazzles With Controversial ‘SleepOver’ | Ramin Setoodeh | August 24, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd of course there was her more glamorous doppelganger—Sarah Palin, the “silver-medalist in the 2008 vice-presidential race.”
Bogosian talked to The Daily Beast about his dark Rothian doppelganger.
Mr. Westfall began to watch for Louise and to trot after her like a doppelganger.
British Dictionary definitions for doppelgänger
/ (ˈdɒpəlˌɡɛŋə, German ˈdɔpəlˌɡɛŋər) /
legend a ghostly duplicate of a living person
Origin of doppelgänger
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