bootlicker

English

Etymology

boot +‎ licker

Noun

bootlicker (plural bootlickers)

A person who behaves in a servile or obsequious manner; a toady

Synonyms

See also Thesaurus:sycophant
wannabe

Related terms

bootlick

Translations

person who behaves in a servile or obsequious manner

Czech: patolízal (cs) m
Finnish: saappaannuolija
French: lèche-bottes (fr) m, f
German: Speichellecker (de) m
Greek: γλύφτης m (glýftis)
Hungarian: talpnyaló (hu)
Italian: ruffiano (it) m, leccapiedi
Kazakh: жарбақ (jarbaq)

Norwegian:
Bokmål: spyttslikker (no) m

Nynorsk: spyttslikkar m
Portuguese: puxa-saco (pt) m, f
Russian: подхали́м (ru) m (podxalím), льстец (ru) m (lʹstec), лизоблю́д (ru) m (lizobljúd)
Spanish: zalamero (es) m, zalamera (es) f
Swedish: rövslickare (sv) c

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