Word Meanings - ON-HANGER - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A hanger-on.

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.