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doppelganger

/-ˌɡæŋə/ · noun

Meaning

  1. A ghostly double of a living person, especially one that haunts such a person.
  2. An evil twin.
  3. A remarkably similar double; a lookalike.
  4. A monster that takes the forms of people, usually after killing them.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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