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hanger-on

n.

leech, nuisance, parasite; see dependent, sycophant.

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Another word for hanger-on

noun

One who depends on another for support without reciprocating:

bloodsucker, leech, parasite, sponge. (Slang) freeloader. See dependence

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As a hanger-on in great houses he had little time for systematic work, and he wrote the "Lives" in the early morning while his hosts were sleeping off the effects of the dissipation of the night before.
The term parasite, from meaning a "hanger-on," has been transferred to any living creature which lives on another one.

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