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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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