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footlicker

footlicker noun: a sycophant; a fawner; a toady.

Noun

footlicker (plural footlickers)

  1. A sycophant; a fawner; a toady
    • […]Do that good miſcheefe, which may make this Iſland / Thine owne for euer, and I thy Caliban, / For aye thy foot-licker.1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published...
  2. Someone who licks another's feet.

Forms of footlicker

pluralfootlickers

Origin of footlicker

From foot + licker.

Questions about footlicker

What does footlicker mean?
Footlicker means a sycophant; a fawner; a toady.
What part of speech is footlicker?
Footlicker is a noun.
What is the plural of footlicker?
The plural of footlicker is footlickers.

Words near footlicker in the dictionary

  1. footlessly
  2. footlessness
  3. footlet
  4. footlets
  5. Footlick
  6. footlicker
  7. footlickers
  8. footlicking
  9. Footlicks
  10. footlight
  11. footlighted

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