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tufthunters

tufthunters is the plural of tufthunter.

Meaning of tufthunter

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

Questions about tufthunters

What is tufthunters the plural of?
Tufthunters is the plural of tufthunter.

Words near tufthunters in the dictionary

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

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