Namedropper

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A person who name-drops

    "One last note: Ann Landers is a name dropper. "I had lunch with the Ambassador from Saudi Arabia yesterday", "Just last week I was talking with the Senator.""

Example

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"One last note: Ann Landers is a name dropper. "I had lunch with the Ambassador from Saudi Arabia yesterday", "Just last week I was talking with the Senator.""

Etymology

From name + dropper or namedrop + -er.

Related phrases

name drop

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