tufthunter

English

Etymology

tuft +‎ hunter

Noun

tufthunter (plural tufthunters)

(UK, slang, archaic) A hanger-on to noblemen or persons of quality, especially in English universities; a toady.
- 1840, The Westminster Review:
  The earl seeing the ecclesiastic abase himself before mere rank , clearly took him for a toady and a tufthunter

References

“tufthunter”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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