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FREELOADER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does freeloader mean?
• FREELOADER (noun)
The noun FREELOADER has 1 sense:
1. someone who takes advantage of the generosity of others
Familiarity information: FREELOADER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone who takes advantage of the generosity of others
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("freeloader" is a kind of...):
borrower (someone who receives something on the promise to return it or its equivalent)
Derivation:
freeload (live off somebody's generosity)
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