Tufthunter

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A hanger-on to noblemen or persons of quality, especially in English universities; a toady. UK, archaic, slang

    "The earl seeing the ecclesiastic abase himself before mere rank , clearly took him for a toady and a tufthunter"

Synonyms

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adventurerapple polisherbackslapperbootlickerbrown nosebrownie

Example

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"The earl seeing the ecclesiastic abase himself before mere rank , clearly took him for a toady and a tufthunter"

Etymology

From tuft + hunter.

Related phrases

hanger on

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