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Sponger

nounid 138458·updated May 18, 2026
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a follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage

polysemous

Classifications

Entity Type

Unknownauthoritativeglossary_import_default_pending_classifier

Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

synonym
parasite
plural
Spongers
possessive
Sponger's
pluralpossessive
Spongers'

Framework definitions

Wordset Dictionary2 sensesview framework →
§1
a follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage
§2
a workman employed to collect sponges

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