onhanger

noun

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.

Where it comes from

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

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry onhanger (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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