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brown nosers

brown nosers is the plural of brown noser.

Meaning of brown noser

Noun

brown noser (plural brown nosers)

  1. (idiomatic) One who brownnoses (flatters or humors somebody in an obsequious manner for personal gain); one who sucks up; a bootlicker, dickrider, ass-kisser, sycophant.
    • “Unbelievable. Boimler's cozying up with those brownnosers to get out of trash day? Such a great call.” “More trash for the rest of us. I smell adventure.”2021 September 16, John Cochran, “The Spy Humongous” (4:58 from the start), in Star Trek: Lower Decks, season 2, episode 6, spoken by Beckett Mariner (Tawny Newsome)
    Synonyms:
    brown-nose

Questions about brown nosers

What is brown nosers the plural of?
Brown nosers is the plural of brown noser.

Words near brown nosers in the dictionary

  1. brown mint
  2. brown mints
  3. brown mustard
  4. brown noise
  5. brown noser
  6. brown nosers
  7. brown note
  8. brown notes
  9. brown ocean effect
  10. brown ochre
  11. brown ochres

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