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tufthunter

tufthunter noun: a hanger-on to noblemen or persons of quality, especially in English universities; a toady.

Noun

tufthunter (plural tufthunters)

  1. (UK, archaic, slang) A hanger-on to noblemen or persons of quality, especially in English universities; a toady.
    • The earl seeing the ecclesiastic abase himself before mere rank , clearly took him for a toady and a tufthunter1840, The Westminster Review

Forms of tufthunter

pluraltufthunters

Origin of tufthunter

From tuft + hunter.

Questions about tufthunter

What does tufthunter mean?
Tufthunter means a hanger-on to noblemen or persons of quality, especially in English universities; a toady.
What part of speech is tufthunter?
Tufthunter is a noun.
What is the plural of tufthunter?
The plural of tufthunter is tufthunters.

Words near tufthunter in the dictionary

  1. tuftelin
  2. tuftelins
  3. tufter
  4. tufters
  5. Tuftes
  6. tufthunter
  7. tufthunters
  8. tufthunting
  9. Tuftian
  10. tuftier
  11. tufties

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