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hanger-on

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Noun

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hang=er-on

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun hanger-on has 1 sense

hanger-on(n = noun.person) tagalong - someone who persistently (and annoyingly) follows along; Array

is a kind of follower

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CIDE DICTIONARY

hanger-on, n.

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. [1913 Webster]

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hanger-on

Flatterer

N flatterer, adulator, eulogist, euphemist, optimist, encomiast, laudator, whitewasher, toady, toadeater, sycophant, courtier, Sir Pertinax MacSycophant, flaneur, proneur, puffer, touter, claqueur, clawback, earwig, doer of dirty work, parasite, hanger-on, yes-man, suckup, ass-kisser, brown-noser, teacher's pet, pessimum genus inimicorum laudantes.

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