Definition of hanger

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Hanger (n.) A part that suspends a journal box in which shafting runs. See Illust. of Countershaft.

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Bridle Iron :: Bridle iron () A strong flat bar of iron, so bent as to support, as in a stirrup, one end of a floor timber, etc., where no sufficient bearing can be had; -- called also stirrup and hanger..
Banker :: Banker (n.) A money changer.
Changer :: Changer (n.) One apt to change; an inconstant person.
Cambist :: Cambist (n.) A banker; a money changer or broker; one who deals in bills of exchange, or who is skilled in the science of exchange..
Hanger :: Hanger (n.) That which hangs or is suspended, as a sword worn at the side; especially, in the 18th century, a short, curved sword..
Drop :: Drop (n.) The distance of the axis of a shaft below the base of a hanger.
Hanger :: Hanger (n.) A steep, wooded declivity..
Hanger :: Hanger (n.) A bridle iron.
Exchanger :: Exchanger (n.) One who exchanges; one who practices exchange.
Tagtail :: Tagtail (n.) A person who attaches himself to another against the will of the latter; a hanger-on.
Hanger-on :: Hanger-on (n.) One who hangs on, or sticks to, a person, place, or service; a dependent; one who adheres to others' society longer than he is wanted..
Blackguard :: Blackguard (n.) The scullions and lower menials of a court, or of a nobleman's household, who, in a removal from one residence to another, had charge of the kitchen utensils, and being smutted by them, were jocularly called the black guard; also, the servants and hangers-on of an army..
Hanger :: Hanger (n.) One who hangs, or causes to be hanged; a hangman..
Tufthunter :: Tufthunter (n.) A hanger-on to noblemen, or persons of quality, especially in English universities; a toady. See 1st Tuft, 3..
Hanger :: Hanger (n.) A part that suspends a journal box in which shafting runs. See Illust. of Countershaft.
Banian :: Banian (n.) A Hindoo trader, merchant, cashier, or money changer..
On-hanger :: On-hanger (n.) A hanger-on.
Retainer :: Retainer (n.) One who is retained or kept in service; an attendant; an adherent; a hanger-on.
Hangers-on :: Hangers-on (pl. ) of Hanger-o.
Dependent :: Dependent (n.) One who depends; one who is sustained by another, or who relies on another for support of favor; a hanger-on; a retainer; as, a numerous train of dependents..
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