DOPPELGANGER

doppelganger

(noun) a ghostly double of a living person that haunts its living counterpart

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

doppelganger (plural doppelgangers)

A ghostly double of a living person, especially one that haunts such a person.

An evil twin.

A remarkably similar double; a lookalike.

(fantasy) A monster that takes the forms of people, usually after killing them.

Synonyms

• alter ego

• doubleganger

• evil twin

• lookalike

• double

Source: Wiktionary

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Dop"pel*gäng`er, n. [G.]

Definition: A spiritual or ghostly double or counterpart; esp., an apparitional double of a living person; a cowalker.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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