Crossword clues for hanger-on
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Hanger-on \Hang"er-on`\ (-[o^]n`), n.; pl. Hangers-on
(-[~e]rz-[o^]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.
Wiktionary
n. Someone who hang on, or sticks to, a person, place, or service.
WordNet
n. someone who persistently (and annoyingly) follows along [syn: tagalong]
[also: hangers-on (pl)]
Usage examples of "hanger-on".
His boats took off Classicus and Tutor, who were thenceforward no more than disconsolate hangers-on.
Kelly was one of the hangers-on, one of the jumper wannabees, a runaway teenager from the city.
Decades of dues and contributions and the proceeds from running for-profit conventions had secured its title to this piece of real estate out here in the Valley, and an inclusive policy had made it a commons for the various subgroups, specialized fandoms, Big Name Fans, book dealers, writers, wannabees, and hangers-on who made up the Los Angeles science fiction community.
The left-wing intelligentsia wanted to go on and on, sniggering at the Blimps, sapping away at middle-class morale, but still keeping their favoured position as hangers-on of the dividend-drawers.
Just three years ago, in 1665, the various buccaneers and their hangers-on in Tortuga spilled over to Jamaica, which was already ruled by the English.
All the hangers-on of the Rebel camp--clerks, teamsters, employer, negros, hundreds of white and colored women, in all forming a motley crowd of between one and two thousand, were gathered together in a group between the end of the rifle pits and the Star Fort.
Now, however, the tide begins to turn and immediately the dreary world which the American millionaires and their British hangers-on intend to impose upon us begins to take shape.
Here he is generally surrounded by an admiring throng of ostlers, stableboys, shoeblacks, and those nameless hangers-on that infest inns and taverns, and run errands and do all kind of odd jobs for the privilege of battening on the drippings of the kitchen and the leakage of the tap-room.
All his life he had been surrounded by attendants, hangers-on, suppliants, dogs, nobles, and the general action and confusion of the court.
Most of the usual dignitaries were present for the election: the College and Council cardinals, the Secretary General, the Vicar General and Viceregent, chief papal officers of the Kingdom of Naples, the more distinguished Bishops and all the bevy of hangers-on such an assemblage required.
Prince and Lord Golden emerged, surrounded by well wishers and hangers-on.
Traditionally, this meant a lengthy probationary period as a classless hanger-on.
The hangers-on seemed dazzled by her cleverness, her every apercu received with uproarious merriment.
Checking his pants for worms, candiru, and other potentially dangerous hangers-on, he contemplated his options.
Millie Chillum and the king and one or two hangers-on were clustered around the door to Magrat's room when Nanny Ogg arrived.