onhanger

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onhanger

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

noun onhangers · on-hanger

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.

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@misc{onhanger_2026,
  title = {onhanger},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/onhanger},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}