Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tufthunter

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: tufthunter
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

British usage; Archaic; Slang

Example Sentences

"The earl seeing the ecclesiastic abase himself before mere rank , clearly took him for a toady and a tufthunter"

Etymology

From tuft + hunter.

Usage

British usage
Archaic
Slang

Inflected Forms

tufthunters (plural)

Questions

What does tufthunter mean?: A hanger-on to noblemen or persons of quality, especially in English universities; a toady.
Where does tufthunter come from?: From tuft + hunter.

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