Brewer's: Lion-hunter

(A). One who hunts up a celebrity to adorn or give prestige to a party. Mrs. Leo Hunter, in Pickwick, is a good satire on the name and character of a lion-hunter.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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