galler

From gall + -er.

galler (plural gallers)

1. One who or that which galls.
   • 1994, Peter W. Price, William J. Mattson, Yuri N. Baranchikov, The Ecology and Evolution of Gall-forming Insects, page 181:

     The most clear-cut species boundaries are among gallers of different plant parts — leaf blade, petiole, bud and twig.

From gall +‎ -er.

galler m (plural gallers, feminine gallera, feminine plural galleres)

1. Person who trains gamecocks.

• “galler”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026

From Old Swedish galdror, probably from Middle Low German gaddere (from whence German Gitter).

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galler n

1. a grid, a lattice, bars; a pattern like XXX or ||| formed by several long, more-or-less rigid objects

   att skaka galler

   to be behind bars (to be in prison)

2. a grid (of an electronic vacuum tube)

Often a synonym of things like (metal) fences (stängsel), just from having a grid pattern.

From Latin gallus.

galler c

1. Gaul (native or inhabitant of the historical region of Gaul, or poetically the modern nation of France)

• “galler”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “galler”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “galler”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• galler in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡaɬɛr/

galler

1. (literary) impersonal subjunctive of gallu
2. (literary) impersonal imperative of gallu

galler (first-person singular present gallaf)

1. (South Wales) Ceredigion and Carmarthenshire form of of gallu