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namedropper

namedropper noun: a person who name-drops.

Noun

namedropper (plural namedroppers)

  1. A person who name-drops
    • One last note: Ann Landers is a name dropper. "I had lunch with the Ambassador from Saudi Arabia yesterday", "Just last week I was talking with the Senator."1974 April 13, Barbara Piccirilii, “Landerslander”, in Gay Community News, page 9

Forms of namedropper

pluralnamedroppers

Origin of namedropper

From name + dropper or namedrop + -er.

Questions about namedropper

What does namedropper mean?
Namedropper means a person who name-drops.
What part of speech is namedropper?
Namedropper is a noun.
What is the plural of namedropper?
The plural of namedropper is namedroppers.

Words near namedropper in the dictionary

  1. named pipes
  2. named the day
  3. namedness
  4. namedrop
  5. namedropped
  6. namedropper
  7. namedroppers
  8. namedropping
  9. namedroppings
  10. namedrops
  11. namedst

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