noun
doppelganger
DOPL-geh-nguh
noun
1
Someone who looks strikingly like another person, or a ghostly double of a living person.
"I saw my doppelganger on the train — it was uncanny."
"In the myth, meeting your doppelganger was a bad omen."
How to Use Doppelganger
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA person who looks almost identical to you (or someone else), sometimes with a spooky folklore meaning.
Common pairings
find your doppelganger
evil doppelganger
Word Forms
doppelgangers plural
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Etymology
Borrowed directly from German Doppelgänger, literally "double-walker."