Meanings
nounnamedropper (plural namedroppers)
plural namedroppers
- 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
Origin
From name + dropper or namedrop + -er.
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APA
namedropper. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/namedropper
MLA
“namedropper.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/namedropper. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “namedropper,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/namedropper.
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