Gager
/ˈɡeɪ.dʒər/noun
A person who gauges, measures, or estimates something, especially the contents of casks or barrels.
Did you know?‘Gager’ is an old occupational word tied to official measuring and taxation, from the same root as ‘gauge,’ a word that passed through French from a Germanic source meaning to measure or determine by standard.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*galgō / *galgijaną
“A measuring rod or standard (reconstructed Germanic antecedent of later gauge-words)”
Old French
OF
jauge
“A measuring rod; standard measure”
Middle English
ME
gagen
“To gauge, measure, or assess”
14th–15th Century
English
gager
“One who gauges or measures, especially an official inspector of liquid measures”
Modern English
English
gager
“A person who gauges or estimates something”