"onhanger" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From on- + hanger. Compare West Frisian oanhinger, Dutch aanhanger, German Anhänger.",
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          "text": "He was one of Queen Mary's Papists, and now he is one of Queen Elizabeth's Protestants ; he was an onhanger of the Abbot of Abingdon, and now he lives as master of the manor-house.",
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          "ref": "1900, Joseph Collins, The Treatment of diseases of the nervous system:",
          "text": "The seemingly widespread belief that aphasia is almost exclusively an onhanger of the apoplectic state seems to necessitate emphasizing the fact that some.",
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        "That which, or one who, hangs on to, relies on, or is dependent upon another; a dependent."
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        [
          "hangs on",
          "hang on"
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          "dependent",
          "dependent"
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        {
          "word": "hanger-on"
        }
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      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "on-hanger"
        }
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  "word": "onhanger"
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  "etymology_text": "From on- + hanger. Compare West Frisian oanhinger, Dutch aanhanger, German Anhänger.",
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        "That which, or one who, hangs on to, relies on, or is dependent upon another; a dependent."
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    {
      "word": "on-hanger"
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