Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A receiver.
  • noun 2. A helper; a protector.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A receiver.
  • noun obsolete A helper; protector.

Etymologies

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From Middle English fanger, equivalent to fang +‎ -er. Cognate with Old High German fangari ("fanger, one who takes").

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Examples

  • When it did not, he informed me that was able to stick his finger (or 'fanger' as he called it) down his throat and "throw them up".

    M.D.O.D. erdoc85 2010

  • Referenced early on in the episode as the website responsible for catching filmed proof of a rogue vampire's feeding frenzy a misdeed punishable by the true death, which Mayor Bill readily dispensed on the busted fanger, the Cheaters-meets-feeders clip caught our eye as something that had to be something set up for the show's devoted online fandom.

    Watercooler: True Blood Goes Viral 2011

  • Decker will do whatever it takes to rescue Stephanie from the-fanger-less vampire, a sub-species thought extinct centuries ago, while also keeping his Dani safe

    The Immortal Hunter-Lynsay Sands « The Merry Genre Go Round Reviews 2009

  • Some one approaches, however, for Wolf-fanger is again disatisfied —

    Anne of Geierstein 2008

  • Fremtidsnytt: Nytt kamera fanger hele livet ditt | 2050

    Beware The Reverse Brain Drain To India And China Vivek Wadhwa 2005

  • With Lito Sheppard doubtful for Monday as well, the Jets are in fanger of being very thin in their secondary.

    Fanball Fantasy Football News - Newsbreakers 2009

  • With Lito Sheppard doubtful for Monday as well, the Jets are in fanger of being very thin in their secondary.

    Fanball Fantasy Football News - Newsbreakers 2009

  • Den amerikanske dommer Susan J. Crawford, der har til opgave at vurdere, om Guantanamo-fanger kan retsforfølges, har opgivet at rejse sag mod en saudi-arabisk statsborger, fordi vedkommende blev udsat for ødelæggende tortur, skriver

    Blogbot - forsiden 2009

  • With Lito Sheppard doubtful for Monday as well, the Jets are in fanger of being very thin in their secondary.

    Fanball Fantasy Football News - Newsbreakers 2009

  • (on camera): Tell me, though, in the few years you were at fanger, how often were you getting at fights?

    CNN Transcript Dec 21, 2009 2009

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