tufthunting
English
noun
Definitions
- (UK) The practice of seeking after, and hanging on, noblemen, or persons of quality, especially in English universities.
Etymology
Compound from English tuft + English hunting.
Origin
English
hunting
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Huntingtown English
- antihunting English
- bowhunting English
- coolhunting English
- ghosthunting English
- house-hunting English
- hunt English
- hunting English
- job hunting English
- manhunting English
- minehunting English
- nonhunting English
- overhunting English
- pothunting English
- prehunting English
- purpletuft English
- tuft English
- tufter English
- tufthunter English
- tuftless English
- tufty English
- hunting Middle English
- tuft Middle English