About The Word Hanger-on

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Hanger-on

Hanger-on Meaning & Definition
Hanger-on Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Hanger-on?

[n] someone who persistently (and annoyingly) follows along

Synonyms | Synonyms for Hanger-on: tagalong

Related Terms | Find terms related to Hanger-on: adherent | appendage | attendant | barnacle | bloodsucker | buff | bystander | cavaliere servente | courtier | creature | dangler | dependent | disciple | dummy | fan | feudatory | figurehead | flunky | follower | following | freeloader | gillie | goon | hatchet man | heeler | henchman | homager | homme de cour | inferior | jackal | lackey | leech | liege | liege man | lounge lizard | man | minion | myrmidon | parasite | partisan | peon | public | puppet | pursuer | pursuivant | retainer | satellite | sectary | serf | servant | shadow | slave | spectator | spiv | sponge | sponger | stooge | subordinate | successor | sucker | supporter | sycophant | tagtail | tail | thug | trainbearer | underling | understrapper | vassal | votary | ward heeler | yeoman

See Also | follower

Hanger-on In Webster's Dictionary

\Hang"er-on`\, n.; pl. {Hangers-on}. One who hangs on, or sticks to, a person, place, or service; a dependent; one who adheres to others' society longer than he is wanted. --Goldsmith.

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