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Adulator

noun
1.
A person who uses flattery.  Synonym: flatterer.






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"Adulator" Quotes from Famous Books



... this with the mere intention of pleasing he is said to be "complaisant," according to the Philosopher (Ethic. iv, 6): whereas if he do it with the intention of making some gain out of it, he is called a "flatterer" or "adulator." As a rule, however, the term "flattery" is wont to be applied to all who wish to exceed the mode of virtue in pleasing others by words or deeds in their ordinary ...
— Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) • Thomas Aquinas



Words linked to "Adulator" :   follower, lackey, toady, flatterer, ass-kisser, crawler, sycophant, adulate



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