gangster
English
/ˈɡæŋstə/
noun
Definitions
- A member of a criminal or street gang.
- A member of a professional criminal organization; a racketeer.
Etymology
Suffix from English gang (a going, walk, path, step, way, course of travel, course, go).
Origin
English
gang
Gloss
a going, walk, path, step, way, course of travel, course, go
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
歩
Emoji
🚶 🚶 🚶♀️ 🚶♂️
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antigang English
- antigangster English
- cybergang English
- fastgang English
- gang English
- gang-fuck English
- gangbang English
- gangboard English
- gangbuster English
- gangbusting English
- gangday English
- ganger English
- gangish English
- gangland English
- ganglike English
- gangline English
- ganglord English
- gangman English
- gangmate English
- gangplank English
- gangrel English
- gangsaw English
- gangshag English
- gangsman English
- gangsome English
- gangsploitation English
- gangstalking English
- gangsterdom English
- gangsteress English
- gangsterhood English
- gangsterish English
- gangsterism English
- gangsterland English
- gangsterless English
- gangsterlike English
- gangsterly English
- gangsterness English
- gangstership English
- gangsterwise English
- gangstress English
- gangway English
- ingang English
- intergang English
- land English
- nongang English
- ongang English
- outgang English
- overgang English
- oxgang English
- press-gang English
- throughgang English
- umgang English
- undergang English
- upgang English
- watergang English
- workgang English
- Gangster German
- gengszter Hungarian
- gengszterek Hungarian
- gang Italian
- gangster Italian
- gangsterismo Italian
- gangsteristico Italian
- ghenga Italian
- gangster Dutch, Flemish
- gang French
- гангстер Russian
- gángster Spanish, Castilian
- *ǵʰengʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- gjeng Norwegian Bokmål
- gangue Portuguese
- *gangaz Proto-Germanic
- gäng Swedish
- gjeng Norwegian Nynorsk
- gangen Middle English
- แก๊ง Thai
- gang Cebuano
- geng Indonesian
- dgaîngue Norman
- gangsteux Norman
- 깡패 Korean
- kāān̄ Marshallese
- geng Fiji Hindi
- gang
- land
- upgang
- umgang
- ingang
- ongang
- ganger
- oxgang
- gangday
- nongang
- gangway
- outgang
- gangsaw
- gangish
- gangrel
- gangman
- fastgang
- gangsome
- gangbang
- ganglike
- overgang
- gangsman
- gangshag
- antigang
- gangland
- gangline
- gangmate
- workgang
- ganglord
- watergang
- gang-fuck
- undergang
- intergang
- gangplank
- cybergang
- gangboard
- gangbuster
- press-gang
- gangstress
- gangsterly
- throughgang
- gangsterish
- gangsterdom
- gangsteress
- gangbusting
- gangsterism
- gangsterless
- gangstalking
- gangsterlike
- gangstership
- gangsterwise
- gangsterness
- antigangster
- gangsterhood
- gangsterland
- gangsploitation