Definition of "glad-hander" [glad-hander]

• One who glad-hands. (noun)

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• "When Hitler took power in 1933, he made the cosmopolitan Hanfstaengl his foreign press secretary and glad-hander for Americans checking out the new chancellor."
• "The aloof New England academic and the Irish glad-hander proved a perfect match."
• "Biden, a veteran campaigner and glad-hander who spent nearly 30 years in the Senate, seems to enjoy the trail -- in contrast to Obama, who increasingly appears to find it a chore."