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boot-licker

boot-licker is the alternative form of bootlicker.

Meaning of bootlicker

Noun

bootlicker (plural bootlickers)

  1. (derogatory) A person who behaves in a servile or obsequious manner; a toady.
  2. (broadly, derogatory) Anyone who is seen as supporting authoritarianism.

Forms of boot-licker

pluralboot-lickers

Questions about boot-licker

What is boot-licker the alternative form of?
Boot-licker is the alternative form of bootlicker.

Words near boot-licker in the dictionary

  1. boot-cuts
  2. boot-grease
  3. boot-greases
  4. boot-hook
  5. boot-jack
  6. boot-licker
  7. boot-lickier
  8. boot-lickiest
  9. boot-licky
  10. boot-stand
  11. boot-studder

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