bootlicker
[ boot-lik-er ]
noun
someone who seeks favor or goodwill in a servile, degraded way; toady: He comes across as a facile bootlicker, someone who would do anything like a lapdog to please somebody in the chain of command.
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How to use bootlicker in a sentence
Henry, live it like a gentleman and not like an understrapper and bootlicker!
In the Heart of a Fool | William Allen WhiteYou have turned master, haven't you—bootlicker ordering me to stand watch!
The Cruise of the Dry Dock | T. S. Stribling
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