adulator

Noun
Synonyms: flatterer

Open English WordNet

Noun (1)

  1. a person who uses flatterySynonyms: flattererType of followerKinds sycophant, toady

Related words blandish verb

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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Ad′u·la′tor (…), noun

Origin: L., fr. adulari: cf. F. adulateur.

A servile or hypocritical flatterer. Thomas Carlyle

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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