tufthunter
Definitions
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- noun One who seeks or covets the society of titled persons; one who courts the acquaintance of celebrities at any sacrifice of personal dignity; a toady; a sycophant.
Examples
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A tufthunter is a snob, a parasite is a snob, the man who allows the manhood within him to be awed by a coronet is a snob.
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You don’t need to know more about the mother-in-law than she is a tufthunter.
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Note
The word 'tufthunter' is a compound of 'tuft' (possibly in the sense of 'a gold tassel on the cap worn by titled undergraduates at English universities') and 'hunter'.
