Ger

Shortened from (Ran)gers

Ger (plural Gers)

1. (soccer) A person associated with Rangers F.C., as a player, fan, coach etc.

• -erg-, EGR, ERG, GRE, Reg, erg, gre, reg

From Middle High German gēr, from Old High German gēr, from Proto-West Germanic *gaiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *gaizaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰoysós.

By the time of Early New High German, it had largely been displaced by Speer in general usage. In the 19th century, there were ultimately unsuccessful attempts to revive the term outside of a historical context.

• IPA^(key): /ɡeːɐ̯/
• Hyphenation: Ger

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Ger m (strong, genitive Geres or Gers, plural Gere)

1. (historical) throwing spear used by Germanic peoples

   Synonyms: Frame, (in modern usage:) Speer, Wurfspieß

• Gehre

• Wolfgang Pfeifer, editor (1993), “Ger”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen (in German), 2nd edition, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN

• “Ger” in Duden online
• “Ger” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

• Gir

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Ger m (indeclinable)

1. a river in Mauretania, mentioned by Pliny

• Ger in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Gir”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly