doppelganger
(noun) a ghostly double of a living person that haunts its living counterpart
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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.
• alter ego
• doubleganger
• evil twin
• lookalike
• double
Source: Wiktionary
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
6 November 2024
(adverb) in a searching manner; “‘Are you really happy with him,’ asked her mother, gazing at Vera searchingly”
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