HANGER-ON


Meaning of HANGER-ON in English

ˌhanger-ˈon BrE AmE noun ( plural hangers-on ) [countable]

someone who spends a lot of time with a rich or important person, because they hope to get some advantage for themselves:

He was surrounded by a crowd of friends and hangers-on.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.