tufthunter

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noun

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

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Meanings

nountufthunter (plural tufthunters)

plural tufthunters

  1. UKarchaicslangA 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 tufthunter

    1840, The Westminster Review

Origin

From tuft + hunter.

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APA

tufthunter. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tufthunter

MLA

“tufthunter.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tufthunter. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tufthunter,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tufthunter.

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