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Definition: Straphanger |
StraphangerNoun1. A commuter who uses public transportation. 2. A standing subway or bus passenger who grips a hanging strap for support. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Traveler | Tourist, excursionist, explorer, adventurer, mountaineer, hiker, backpacker, Alpine Club; peregrinator, wanderer, rover, straggler, rambler; bird of passage; gadabout, gadling; vagrant, scatterling, landloper, waifs and estrays, wastrel, foundling; loafer; tramp, tramper; vagabond, nomad, Bohemian, gypsy, Arab, Wandering Jew, Hadji, pilgrim, palmer; peripatetic; somnambulist, emigrant, fugitive, refugee; beach comber, booly; globegirdler, globetrotter; vagrant, hobo, night walker, sleep walker; noctambulist, runabout, straphanger, swagman, swagsman; trecker, trekker, zingano, zingaro. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Straphanger (1922) | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
straphanger | 5 |
campaign straphanger | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "straphanger"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | ركب واقفا في قطار الأنفاق, راكب المواصلات العامة. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | voyager debout dans le transport, usager des transports en commun qui voyage debout. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Stehplatzinhaber (standee). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | aphangerstray стоящий пассажир, держащийся за ремень. (various references) stående passagerare. (various references) ayaktaki yolcu. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "straphanger": straphangers. (additional references) | |
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"Straphanger" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Strahinja. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-e-g-h-n-p-r-r-s-t" | |
-2 letters: straphang. | |
-3 letters: arranges, granters, hanapers, narrates, pageants, panthers, partners, pheasant, regrants, resprang, stranger, tanagers, thanages, trepangs. | |
-4 letters: agnates, anapest, anthers, argents, arpents, arrange, entraps, errants, erratas, garners, garnets, garrets, garters, gastrea, gathers, granter, grasper, graters, hanaper, hangars, hangers, haptens, harpers, narrate, pageant, panther, parangs, parents, parerga, pargets, partans, partner, pastern, peasant, praters, rangers. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-e-g-h-n-p-r-r-s-t" | |
+1 letter: straphangers. | |
+5 letters: cinematographers, grandparenthoods, ultrasonographer. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Usage: Modern 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Expressions: Internet | 5. Translations: Modern 6. Derivations 7. Anagrams 8. Bibliography |
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