lambe-botas — meaning in English

English meaning

• sycophant noun Someone who flatters a powerful person constantly in order to gain favour from them.
• toady noun Someone who flatters and fawns over others, especially those in power, to gain favor.

Senses

lambe-botas is used for these senses in English:

• brownnose (figurative) One who sucks up; a bootlicker, ass-kisser, sycophant.
• sycophant One who uses obsequious compliments to gain self-serving favour or advantage from another; a servile flatterer.
• toady A sycophant who flatters others to gain personal advantage, or an obsequious, servile lackey or minion.
• yes man (idiomatic) A person who always agrees with their employer or superior.

toady — full definition

1. noun Someone who flatters and fawns over others, especially those in power, to gain favor.
2. verb To act in a servile, flattering way toward someone.

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