heeler

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: heel=er

CIDE DICTIONARY

heeler, n. 

•  A cock that strikes well with his heels or spurs.  [1913 Webster]
•  A dependent and subservient hanger-on of a political patron.  [1913 Webster]

  "The army of hungry heelers who do their bidding."  [1913 Webster]

THESAURUS

heeler

Conservative, Democrat, Labourite, Republican, Tory, Whig, adherent, appendage, dangler, dependent, follower, hanger-on, hatchet man, henchman, loyalist, man, partisan, party faithful, party hack, party man, party member, party wheelhorse, registered Democrat, registered Republican, regular, retainer, satellite, servant, shadow, stalwart, tagtail, ward heeler, wheelhorse

ROGET THESAURUS

heeler

Servility

N servility, slavery, obsequiousness, subserviency, abasement, prostration, prosternation, genuflection, fawning, tuft- hunting, timeserving, flunkeyism, sycophancy, humility, sycophant, parasite, toad, toady, toad-eater, tufthunter, snob, flunky, flunkey, yes-man, lapdog, spaniel, lickspittle, smell-feast, Graeculus esuriens, hanger on, cavaliere servente, led captain, carpet knight, timeserver, fortune hunter, Vicar of Bray, Sir- Pertinax, Max Sycophant, pickthank, flatterer, doer of dirty work, ame damnee, tool, reptile, slave, courtier, beat, dead beat, doughface, heeler, homme de cour, sponger, sucker, tagtail, truckler, servile, obsequious, supple, supple as a glove, soapy, oily, pliant, cringing, abased, dough-faced, fawning, slavish, groveling, sniveling, mealy-mouthed, beggarly, sycophantic, parasitical, abject, prostrate, down on ones marrowbones, base, mean, sneaking, crouching, hat in hand, cap in hand.