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Which word fits this meaning? Someone who stays near a person or group mainly to obtain personal benefit.
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Reveal word and examples hanger-on The fictional celebrity could rarely distinguish a genuine friend from a hanger-on. Dictionary practice example. Another visitor acted as a hanger-on, staying beside the best-connected members mainly to receive invitations to private events. From Reputation in the Design Collective . Full dictionary entry How did you do before revealing the answer?
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