Meaning & use
ganger
A foreman who supervises a gang of laborers, especially on roads, railways, or building sites.
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The ganger assigned each worker a section of track to repair before noon.
He worked his way up from laborer to ganger over almost ten years.
A note on using this word
Ganger is chiefly British and Irish workplace usage, less common in American English, which typically prefers foreman or crew leader.
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