gangbanger

English

Etymology tree

English gangbang

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-os?

Proto-Indo-European *-o-

Proto-Indo-European *-so-

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂so-

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *-yós

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂s(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-āsijos

Proto-Italic *-āsios

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -āriusbor.

Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz

Proto-West Germanic *-ārī

Old English -ere

Middle English -ere

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Latin -ārius

Old French -ierbor.

Middle English -er

English -er

English gangbanger

From gangbang + -er.

(non-rhotic)
- (Received Pronunciation, Australia) IPA^(key): /ˈɡæŋˌbæŋəː/, [ˈɡæŋˌbæŋəː]
(rhotic)
- (General American)
  - (without /æ/ raising) IPA^(key): /ˈɡæŋˌbæŋɚ/, [ˈɡæŋˌbæŋɚ] ~ [ˈɡæŋˌbæŋɹ̩]
    - Audio (US): (file)
  - (/æ/ raising) IPA^(key): /ˈɡeɪ̯ŋˌbeɪ̯ŋɚ/, [ˈɡeɪ̯ŋˌbeɪ̯ŋɚ] ~ [ˈɡeɪ̯ŋˌbeɪ̯ŋɹ̩]; /ˈɡɛ̃ŋˌbɛ̃ŋɚ/, [ˈɡɛ̃ŋˌbɛ̃ŋɚ] ~ [ˈɡɛ̃ŋˌbɛ̃ŋɹ̩]
Hyphenation: gang‧bang‧er

gangbanger (plural gangbangers)

(US, slang) A member of a violent gang; a violent person.
- 2022 September 29, Eduardo Medina, McKenna Oxenden, “Coolio, ‘Gangsta’s Paradise’ Rapper, Dies at 59”, in The New York Times‎^[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 14 January 2026:
  After a turbulent youth — the bookish, asthmatic child became a teenage gangbanger, juvenile offender and drug addict — Coolio worked as a volunteer firefighter.
(vulgar, sex) Someone who takes part in a gangbang.