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a hanger-on
a hanger-on
a person who spends time with rich or important people, hoping to get an advantage (usually plural) Wherever there is royalty, there will always be hangers-on.
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
| Webb | | [web] | |
| Gwenhwyfar | | - | Welsh Mythology, Arthurian Romance |
| Inka | | EENG-kah (Finnish), ING-kah (German) | Frisian, Finnish, German |
| Jockel | | - | German |
| Irvin | | UR-vin | English |
| Greger | | - | Swedish |