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manger

1

[ meyn-jer ]

noun

  1. a box or trough in a stable or barn from which horses or cattle eat.
  2. Nautical.
    1. a space at the bow of a ship, having a partition for confining water entering at the hawseholes until it can be drained.
    2. a sunken bottom in a chain locker, covered by a grating and used to collect water from the anchor chain.


Manger

2

[ meyn-jer ]

noun

, Astronomy.

manger

/ ˈmeɪndʒə /

noun

  1. a trough or box in a stable, barn, etc, from which horses or cattle feed
  2. nautical a basin-like construction in the bows of a vessel for catching water draining from an anchor rode or coming in through the hawseholes


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Word History and Origins

Origin of manger1

1350–1400; Middle English < Middle French maingeure, derivative of mangier to eat < Latin mandūcāre to chew, eat. See manducate

Origin of manger2

1545–55; as translation of Latin praesēpe

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Word History and Origins

Origin of manger1

C14: from Old French maingeure food trough, from mangier to eat, ultimately from Latin mandūcāre to chew

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Idioms and Phrases

see dog in the manger .

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Example Sentences

These look not unlike mini manger scenes, something you’d see in December on the front lawn of a suburban Church of Christ.

Tom Kelch, manger of the Rehoboth Beach Guest House, contributed research to this article.

"I am humbled and honored to join the men and women of the US Capitol Police Department in their mission to protect the Congress, the Capitol and the federal legislative process," Manger said in a statement.

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“When I was watching the events on January 6,” Manger said in an interview, “it was the first time since I had retired that I wished I wasn’t retired.”

The organization’s staff recruited Manger to apply, and he did.

The result was an email at 8:04 a.m. on Sept. 13 from Robert Durado, general manger the bridge.

Gabriel Jaramillo, the general manger of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, saw an opportunity.

By the time I had done my toilette there was a tap at the door, and in another minute I was in the salle--manger.

Mrs. Haight was nasty, but I told her she did not know you the least little bit, that you were no dog in the manger.

A broken broom, covered with very ancient cobwebs, lay under one manger, and the remnants of a stable-bucket under another.

It was held round the little table in the salle manger, after Marie had brought coffee and gone out.

Through its broken shutters came the yellow glow of the oil lamp that now hung over the table in the salle manger.

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