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fawner

  • a word derived from fawn.

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You may find yourself simply unable to decide whether Mr Senecal is a galaxy-class fawner or a weapons-grade underminer.

From The Guardian Mar. 17, 2016

In exchange he took his revenge out on Padre Irene, whom he looked upon as a base fawner and despised for his coarseness.

From The Reign of Greed by Derbyshire, Charles E.

He was a sneak, a spy, a coward, a demagogue, a parasite, a lickspittle, a fawner upon all from whom he hoped help, a slanderer of all who did not care to endure his society.

From James Fenimore Cooper American Men of Letters by Lounsbury, Thomas Raynesford