Definition of gander

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gan·der

r) KEY

NOUN:

A male goose.
Informal A look or glance: "Everyone turns and takes a gander at the yokels" (Garrison Keillor).
Informal A simpleton; a ninny.

ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English, from Old English gandra; see ghans- in Indo-European roots

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