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hanger-on

noun

/ˌhæŋ.ər ˈɒn/

Meaning

a person who spends time with a powerful or famous person to gain benefits.

The celebrity was always surrounded by hangers-on.

parasite, sycophant, follower, dependent

leader, independent

political hanger-on, social hanger-on, hangers-on

a very strong sexual desire or an intense craving for something

an apparition of a dead person believed to be able to become visible to the living; a spirit

the physical dimensions, proportions, or magnitude of something

a number of things or events that are related in some way

A distinguishing quality or characteristic, typically belonging to a person.

The act of rebuking or criticizing severely.