gangrel noun3 •(dialect, Scotland) A tramp, vagrant, vagabond.Two men saw him on the road, and have recorded their experience. One was a gangrel, by name McNab, who was travelling from Gledsmuir to Allerkirk with a heavy pack on his back and a bowed head. — 1902 •(dialect, UK) A tall awkward fellow. •(UK, no longer used) A child just beginning to walk; toddler. formsgangrels