English Dictionary

hanger-on

noun

Someone who hangs on, or sticks to, a person, place, or service. / (mining, historical) An onsetter.

He is always surrounded by hanger-ons.

意味（1）

Someone who hangs on, or sticks to, a person, place, or service.

Her love was sought, I do aver, / By twenty beaux and more; / The king himself has follow'd her / When she has walk'd before. / But now her wealth and finery fled, / Her hangers-on cut short all […]

意味（2）

(mining, historical) An onsetter.