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SPONGER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does sponger mean?
• SPONGER (noun)
The noun SPONGER has 2 senses:
1. a workman employed to collect sponges
2. a follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage
Familiarity information: SPONGER used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A workman employed to collect sponges
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("sponger" is a kind of...):
working man; working person; workingman; workman (an employee who performs manual or industrial labor)
Derivation:
sponge (gather sponges, in the ocean)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
leech; parasite; sponge; sponger
Hypernyms ("sponger" is a kind of...):
follower (a person who accepts the leadership of another)
Derivation:
sponge (ask for and get free; be a parasite)
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