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Onhanger

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    That which, or one who, hangs on to, relies on, or is dependent upon another; a dependent.

    "He was one of Queen Mary's Papists, and now he is one of Queen Elizabeth's Protestants ; he was an onhanger of the Abbot of Abingdon, and now he lives as master of the manor-house."

Etymology

From on- + hanger. Compare West Frisian oanhinger, Dutch aanhanger, German Anhänger.

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