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hanger-on

[hang-er-on, -awn] / ˈhæŋ ərˈɒn, -ˈɔn /
NOUN
person who attends the powerful for status or benefit
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No pop artist has ever survived haters, handlers and hangers-on without a scratch.

From Los Angeles Times

Think backward: Where things begin is the bitter end, at a glitzy Hollywood Hills party in 1976 full of showbiz hangers-on.

From Los Angeles Times

The music fades and we, the hangers-on, disperse.

From Salon

A political get together, a party conference for the politicians, members, and associated hangers-on, would never transform a prime minister's fortunes with the public overnight.

From BBC

Most of his close friends work in music, including Kenny Beats, who composed Oliver’s songs for “Lurker,” and Zack Fox, who plays a hanger-on in the film and is a DJ in real life.

From Los Angeles Times