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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
bootlicker \bootlicker\ n. someone who humbles himself as a sign of respect; who behaves as he had no self-respect.
Syn: apple polisher, bootlick, fawner, groveller, truckler, ass-kisser, toady. [WordNet 1.5]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
bootlicker
noun: someone who humbles himself as a sign of respect; who behaves as if he had no self-respect [syn: {apple polisher}, {fawner}, {groveller}, {groveler}, {truckler}, {ass-kisser}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
44 Moby Thesaurus words for "bootlicker": apple-polisher, ass-licker, backscratcher, backslapper, bootlick, brown-nose, brownie, clawback, courtier, creature, cringer, dupe, fawner, flatterer, flunky, footlicker, groveler, handshaker, helot, instrument, jackal, kowtower, lackey, led captain, lickspit, lickspittle, mealymouth, minion, peon, puppet, serf, slave, spaniel, stooge, suck, sycophant, timeserver, toad, toadeater, toady, tool, truckler, tufthunter, yes-man
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