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adulator
CIDE DICTIONARY
adulator, n. [L., fr. adulari: cf. F. adulateur.].
A servile or hypocritical flatterer. Carlyle. [1913 Webster]
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adulator
Flatterer
N flatterer, adulator, eulogist, euphemist, optimist, encomiast, laudator, whitewasher, toady, toadeater, sycophant, courtier, Sir Pertinax MacSycophant, flaneur, proneur, puffer, touter, claqueur, clawback, earwig, doer of dirty work, parasite, hanger-on, yes-man, suckup, ass-kisser, brown-noser, teacher's pet, pessimum genus inimicorum laudantes.For further exploring for "adulator" in Webster Dictionary Online