hanger-on
- n someone who persistently (and annoyingly) follows along
- And non-actor Jordan Nagai does fine as Carl's young hanger-on Russell.
- They were hired by John Miller, a British ne'er-do-well and hanger-on at the fringes of London's upper crust.
- Early that afternoon the wasted comedian was dead in his hotel bed, and a Hollywood hanger-on named Cathy Smith was in Los Angeles police custody.