#935. Flatterer. -- N. flatterer, adulator; eulogist, euphemist; optimist, encomiast, laudator[Lat], whitewasher.
toady, toadeater[obs]; sycophant, courtier, Sir Pertinax MacSycophant; flaneur[Fr], proneur[Fr]; puffer, touter[obs], claqueur[Fr]; clawback[obs], earwig, doer of dirty work; parasite, hanger-on &c. (servility) 886.
yes-man, suckup, ass-kisser [vulgar], brown-noser [vulgar], teacher's pet.
Phr. pessimum genus inimicorum laudantes [Lat][Tacitus].