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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 othersplay

  Familiarity information: FREELOADER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


FREELOADER (noun)


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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