n.
Variant: or dop · pel · gang · er
Pronunciation: ' dä-p ə l- ˌ ga ŋ - ə r, - ˌ ge ŋ -, ˌ dä-p ə l- '
Function: noun
Etymology: German Doppelgänger, from doppel- double + -gänger goer
Date: 1851
1 : a ghostly counterpart of a living person
2 a : DOUBLE 2A b : ALTER EGO B c : a person who has the same name as another