sanger
Plural: sangers
Noun
- Another spelling for 'sangar', a temporary fortification.
- English biochemist who determined the sequence of amino acids in insulin and who invented a technique to determine the genetic sequence of an organism (born in 1918)
- United States nurse who campaigned for birth control and planned parenthood; she challenged Gregory Pincus to develop a birth control pill (1883-1966)
- A sandwich.
- Alternative form of sangar.
Examples
- His tactical SANGER play protected his valuable triple word score square.
Origin / Etymology
Abbreviation of sandwich (pronounced "sangwich") + -er (colloquialising suffix). Australian from 1960s.
Synonyms
Fred Sanger, Frederick Sanger, Margaret Higgins Sanger, Margaret Sanger, sambo, sammie, sammo, sango, sarnie
Scrabble Score: 7
sanger: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordsanger: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
sanger: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary