tufthunter

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

tuft +‎ hunter

Noun[edit]

tufthunter (plural tufthunters)

  1. (UK, slang, archaic) A hanger-on to noblemen or persons of quality, especially in English universities; a toady.
    • 1840, The Westminster Review:
      The earl seeing the ecclesiastic abase himself before mere rank , clearly took him for a toady and a tufthunter

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