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Meaning of GROVELER

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  someone who humbles himself as a sign of respect; who behaves as if he had no self-respect
 
 Synonyms: apple polisher, ass-kisser, bootlicker, fawner, groveller, truckler
 
 See Also: crawler, lackey, sycophant, toady

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Grov"el*er\, n.
One who grovels; an abject wretch. [Written also
--groveller.]
 
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 Related Terms: apple-polisher, ass-licker, backscratcher, backslapper, bootlick, bootlicker, brownie, brown-nose, clawback, courtier, creature, cringer, dupe, fawner, flatterer, flunky, footlicker, handshaker, helot, instrument, jackal, kowtower, lackey, led captain, lickspit, lickspittle, mealymouth, minion, peon, puppet, serf, slave, spaniel, stooge, suck, sycophant, timeserver, toad, toady, tool, truckler, tufthunter, yes-man
 

 

 

 

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