hanger-on

  • 11hanger on — index partisan Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

    Law dictionary

  • 12hanger-on — index disciple Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

    Law dictionary

  • 13Hänger — Hänger,der:1.⇨Mantel(1)–2.⇨Anhänger(4) …

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  • 14hanger-on — plural hangers on n someone who spends a lot of time with a rich or important person, because they hope to get some advantage for themselves ▪ He was surrounded by a crowd of friends and hangers on …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 15hanger-on — (plural ,hangers on) noun count INFORMAL someone who spends time with powerful, rich, or famous people in order to get some personal advantage. This word shows that you dislike people who do this …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 16hanger-on — *parasite, sycophant, leech, sponge, sponger, favorite, toady, lickspittle, bootlicker …

    New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • 17hanger-on — meaning ‘an unwelcome follower or dependant’, has the plural form hangers on …

    Modern English usage

  • 18hanger-on — [n] person who attends the powerful for status or benefit dependent, flunky*, follower, freeloader*, lackey*, leech*, nuisance, parasite, sponger*, sycophant, truckler*; concept 423 …

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  • 19hanger-on — ► NOUN (pl. hangers on) ▪ a person who associates sycophantically with another person …

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  • 20hanger — [haŋ′ər] n. 1. a person who hangs things [a paperhanger] 2. Rare a hangman; executioner 3. a) a thing that hangs down b) Historical a short sword hung from the belt 4. a thing on which or by means of which objects are, or can be, hung; specif …

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