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Fawner

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Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. One who fawns; a sycophant.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. One who fawns; a sycophant.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. One who fawns; one who cringes and flatters meanly.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. someone who humbles himself as a sign of respect; who behaves as if he had no self-respect

Word Usage

"The man's chest and shoulders were magnificent, but the stump of a right arm, beyond the flesh of which the age-whitened bone projected several inches, attested the encounter with a shark that had put an end to his diving days and made him a fawner and an intriguer for small favors."

Hypernym

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sycophant toady lackey ass-kisser crawler

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

sycophant

Same Context

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