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dalkavuk — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • bootlicker noun A person who behaves in a servile or obsequious manner; a toady.
  • minion noun A follower or underling who carries out orders, often unquestioningly, for someone more powerful.
  • 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

dalkavuk is used for these senses in English:

  • bootlicker (derogatory) A person who behaves in a servile or obsequious manner; a toady.
  • 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.

bootlicker — full definition

  1. noun A person who behaves in a servile or obsequious manner; a toady.
  2. noun Anyone who is seen as supporting authoritarianism.

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