toadeater

American  

[tohd-ee-ter] / ˈtoʊdˌi tər /

noun

1. a toady.

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toadeater British  

/ ˈtəʊdˌiːtə /

noun

1. a rare word for toady

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Etymology

Origin of toadeater

1565–75; toad + eater ( def. )

Example Sentences

For in the achievements of the table, what toadeater besides can be compared with them?

From Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 01 by Fowler, F. G. (Francis George)

When they came, he presented them to a lady, dressed foreign, as a princess of the house of' Brandenburg: she had a toadeater, and there was another man, who gave himself for a count.

From The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 1 by Cunningham, Peter

You are by appointment literary toadeater to greatness and taster to the court.

From Letters of John Keats to His Family and Friends by Keats, John

She was a toadeater here, too, seeking to curry favour with M. P. as with the rest, by fawning on her, in a way for which she could afterwards have hit herself.

From The Getting of Wisdom by Richardson, Henry Handel