‖n. [ G. ] A spiritual or ghostly double or counterpart; esp., an apparitional double of a living person; a cowalker. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
n. [ G. doppelgänger; doppel double + gänger walker. ] An apparition or double of a living person; a doppelgänger.
Either you are Hereward, or you are his doubleganger. C. Kingsley. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
n. [ Prop., a goer before cf. G. voregänger. See Fore, and Gang. ] (Naut.) A short rope grafted on a harpoon, to which a longer line may be attached. Totten. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who oversees a gang of workmen. [ R. ] Mayhew. [ 1913 Webster ]