sycophant

However reactionary a sycophant to rich people and slasher of programs for others he might be, he is the governor.
Conservatives and Rock and Roll|Michael Tomasky|June 22, 2012|DAILY BEAST
How can he be honoured when he is a sycophant ducking to the giddy opinion of a reckless public?
The World's Greatest Books -- Vol XX -- Miscellaneous Literature and Index|Various
And I would rather a thousand times be a free soul in jail than a sycophant or coward on the streets.
The Debs Decision|Scott Nearing
The sycophant and the self-seeker bow before quite other idols than of old.
Historical and Political Essays|William Edward Hartpole Lecky

Like the sycophant hound and the imploring retriever, they seem to lose all sense of self-respect.
Landseer|Estelle M. Hurll
The incense the sycophant world burned before him became a stench in his nostrils.
Out of the Ashes|Ethel Watts Mumford

British Dictionary definitions for sycophant

sycophant

/ (ˈsɪkəfənt) /

noun

a person who uses flattery to win favour from individuals wielding influence; toady

Derived forms of sycophant

sycophancy, noun

Word Origin for sycophant

C16: from Latin sӯcophanta, from Greek sukophantēs, literally: the person showing a fig, apparently referring to the fig sign used in making an accusation, from sukon fig + phainein to show; sense probably developed from ``accuser'' to ``informer, flatterer''

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