hanger-on

English

Etymology

Agent noun of hang on.

Noun

hanger-on (plural hangers-on)

Someone who hangs on, or sticks to, a person, place, or service.
- Oliver Goldsmith
  Her love was sought, I do aver, / By twenty beaux and more; / The king himself has follow'd her / When she has walk'd before. / But now her wealth and finery fled, / Her hangers-on cut short all […]
(mining, historical) An onsetter.

Synonyms

onhanger

Translations

Someone who hangs on, or sticks

Bulgarian: натрапник (bg) m (natrapnik)
Cebuano: kuyog baboy
Chinese:
Mandarin: 客 (zh) (kè)
French: crampon (fr) m
German: Trabant (de) m
Irish: angarúinneach m, baoiteálaí m, gabhgaire m, líodrálaí m, sáilghiolla m, táthaire m

Italian: tirapiedi (it) m or f, ruffiano (it) m, scagnozzo (it) m
Japanese: 取り巻き (とりまき, torimaki)
Latin: assecula m
Persian: سوری‎ (fa) (sûrî)
Russian: нахле́бник (ru) m (naxlébnik)
Spanish: acoplado (es) m

See also

flunky

Anagrams

on-hanger, onhanger

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