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glad-hander

glad-hander noun: one who glad-hands.

Noun

glad-hander (plural glad-handers)

  1. One who glad-hands.
    • Charming and funny as he was in small groups, he was no glad-hander, backslapper, or baby-kisser.2008, Andrew Cohen, Saul John Ralston, Extraordinary Canadians Lester B Pearson, →ISBN

Forms of glad-hander

pluralglad-handers

Origin of glad-hander

From glad-hand + -er.

Questions about glad-hander

What does glad-hander mean?
Glad-hander means one who glad-hands.
What part of speech is glad-hander?
Glad-hander is a noun.
What is the plural of glad-hander?
The plural of glad-hander is glad-handers.

Words near glad-hander in the dictionary

  1. glad-eye
  2. glad-eyed
  3. glad-eyes
  4. glad-hand
  5. glad-handed
  6. glad-hander
  7. glad-handers
  8. glad-handing
  9. glad-handings
  10. glad-hands
  11. gladded

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