ADULATOR

flatterer, adulator

(noun) a person who uses flattery

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

adulator (plural adulators)

One who lavishes excessive praises or flattery; one who adulates.

Anagrams

• laudator

Source: Wiktionary


Ad"u*la`tor, n. Etym: [L., fr. adulari: cf. F. adulateur.]

Definition: A servile or hypocritical flatterer. Carlyle.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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