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Zelig definition

☆ Zel·ig (zel′ig)

noun

  1. a person, typically an ordinary, unimportant person, who seems to turn up with surprising or unaccountable frequency in a variety of settings
  2. any highly adaptable, opportunistic person

Etymology: after Leonard Zelig, title character of a 1983 film

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