bootlicker

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

Syn: apple polisher, bootlick, fawner, groveller, truckler, ass-kisser, toady. [WordNet 1.5]


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