Schnorrer

ahd-5
  • noun. One who habitually takes advantage of the generosity of others; a parasite.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. Among German Jews, a beggar; a tramp.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. Among the Jews, a beggar.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. sponger (person who takes advantage of the generosity of others)
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. (Yiddish) a scrounger who takes advantage of the generosity of others
  • Word Usage
    "As for the schnorrer producers of Mad Men - well, I hope their free lunch will soon be over."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    cadger  mooch  moocher  scrounger