Usually means: Person who clings for advantage.
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We found 27 dictionaries that define the word hanger on:

General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. hanger-on: Merriam-Webster
  2. hanger-on: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. hanger-on: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. hanger-on, hanger-on: Collins English Dictionary
  5. hanger-on: Vocabulary.com
  6. hanger-on: Wordnik
  7. hanger-on: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. hanger-on: Wiktionary
  9. hanger-on: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. hanger-on: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. hanger-on: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Hanger-on, hanger-on, hanger on: Dictionary.com
  13. hanger-on: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  14. Hanger-on: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Hanger-on: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. hanger-on: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. hanger-on: Rhymezone
  18. Hanger-on: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. hanger-on: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. HANGER-ON: Dictionary of Americanisms (1848)
  21. hanger-on: FreeDictionary.org
  22. hanger-on: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. hanger-on: TheFreeDictionary.com
  24. hanger on: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. hanger-on, hanger on: Legal dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Hanger on)

▸ noun:  Alternative form of hanger-on [Someone who hangs on, or sticks to, a person, place, or service.]

Similar:
tagalong, hang-around, coathanger, coat-hanger, hang-glider, hang-dog, hitch-hiker, crepehanger, connecter, waghalter, more...

Types:
leech, parasite, freeloader, sponger, moocher, hanger-on, dependent, user, sponge, more...

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Similar:
tagalong, hang-around, coathanger, coat-hanger, hang-glider, hang-dog, hitch-hiker, crepehanger, connecter, waghalter, more...

Types:
leech, parasite, freeloader, sponger, moocher, hanger-on, dependent, user, sponge, more...



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