Definition of Doppelgangers

1. Noun. (plural of doppelganger) ¹

2. Noun. (plural of doppelgänger) ¹

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Definition of Doppelgangers

1. doppelganger [n] - See also: doppelganger

Lexicographical Neighbors of Doppelgangers

dopiaza
dopiazas
dopier
dopiest
dopily
dopiness
dopinesses
doping
doping in sports
dopings
doplic
dopped
doppelbock
doppelbocks
doppelganger
doppelgangers
doppelzentner
dopper
doppers
doppie
doppies
dopping
doppings
doppio
doppleganger
doppler
doppler broadening
doppler effect
doppler shift
dopplerite

Literary usage of Doppelgangers

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Night Side of Nature: Or, Ghosts and Ghost Seers by Catherine Crowe (1904)
"... longer in this department, but, returning to the analogous subject of Doppelgangers, I will relate a few curious instances of this kind of phenomenon. ..."

2. The Life and Letters of Lafcadio Hearn by Elizabeth Bisland, Lafcadio Hearn (1906)
"Are we not all doppelgangers ? — and is not the invisible the only life we really enjoy ? You may remember I described this house to you as haunted-looking. ..."

3. William Allingham: A Diary by William Allingham (1907)
"I don't quite believe in doppelgangers.' Browning asks me about Byron article in Fraser, and praises it most warmly. ' Shouldn't mind if my name were at the ..."

4. Planchette: Or, The Despair of Science by Epes Sargent (1869)
"The Germans have a familiar word to designate persons of whom they are related ; calling them doppelgangers or double-goers. Jung Stilling says, " Examples ..."

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