Word Meanings - ON-HANGER - Book Publishers vocabulary database
A hanger-on.
Related words: (words related to ON-HANGER)
- HANGER
1. One who hangs, or causes to be hanged; a hangman. 2. That by which a thing is suspended. Especially: A strap hung to the girdle, by which a dagger or sword is suspended. A part that suspends a journal box in which shafting runs. See Illust. - HANGER-ON
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. - ON-HANGER
A hanger-on. - CHANGER
1. One who changes or alters the form of anything. 2. One who deals in or changes money. John ii. 14. 3. One apt to change; an inconstant person. - EXCHANGER
One who exchanges; one who practices exchange. Matt.