HANGER ON Definitions

1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue

A dependant.

Moby Thesaurus

adherent, appendage, attendant, barnacle, bloodsucker, buff, bystander, cavaliere servente, courtier, creature, dangler, dependent, disciple, dummy, fan, feudatory, figurehead, flunky, follower, following, freeloader, gillie, goon, hatchet man, heeler, henchman, homager, homme de cour, inferior, jackal, lackey, leech, liege, liege man, lounge lizard, man, minion, myrmidon, parasite, partisan, peon, public, puppet, pursuer, pursuivant, retainer, satellite, sectary, serf, servant, shadow, slave, spectator, spiv, sponge, sponger, stooge, subordinate, successor, sucker, supporter, sycophant, tagtail, tail, thug, trainbearer, underling, understrapper, vassal, votary, ward heeler, yeoman