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Sycophant
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(v. t.) To inform against; hence, to calumniate.
(2):
(v. t.) To play the sycophant toward; to flatter obsequiously.
(3):
(n.) An informer; a talebearer.
(4):
(n.) A base parasite; a mean or servile flatterer; especially, a flatterer of princes and great men.
(5):
(v. i.) To play the sycophant.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Sycophant'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/s/sycophant.html. 1828.