bootlicker

English

Alternative forms

boot licker
boot-licker

Etymology

boot +‎ licker

Noun

bootlicker (plural bootlickers)

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

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person who behaves in a servile or obsequious manner

Arabic: please add this translation if you can
Armenian: քծնող (kʻcnoġ), շողոքորթ (hy) (šoġokʻortʻ), պնակալեզ (hy) (pnakalez)
Azerbaijani: yaltaq (az)
Bengali: খয়ের খাঁ (bn) (khoẏer khã), চামচা (bn) (camca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 拍馬屁者／拍马屁者 (pāimǎpì zhě), 奴才 (zh) (núcái)
Czech: patolízal (cs) m, patolízalka f
Finnish: saappaannuolija
French: lèche-bottes (fr) m or f
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
German: Speichellecker (de) m, Speichelleckerin (de) f
Greek: γλύφτης m (glýftis)
Hindi: चमचा (hi) m (camcā)
Hungarian: talpnyaló (hu)
Italian: ruffiano (it) m, leccapiedi (it)
Kazakh: жарбақ (jarbaq)
Khmer: please add this translation if you can
Korean: 아첨꾼 (acheomkkun)
Latvian: please add this translation if you can
Lithuanian: padlaižys m, batlaižys m, pataikūnas m
Malay: penjilat
Norwegian:
Bokmål: spyttslikker (no) m

Nynorsk: spyttslikkar m
Polish: lizus (pl) m, wazeliniarz (pl) m
Portuguese: puxa-saco (pt) m or f
Russian: подхали́м (ru) m (podxalím), подхали́мка (ru) f (podxalímka), льстец (ru) m (lʹstec), лизоблю́д (ru) m (lizobljúd), лизоблю́дка (ru) f (lizobljúdka)
Slovak: pätolizač m, pätolizačka f
Spanish: zalamero (es) m, zalamera (es) f, lamebotas (es) m or f, lameculos (es) m or f (vulgar), lamehuevos m or f, chupamedias (es) m or f (River Plate), arrastrado (es) m (Cuba, El Salvador, Mexico, Venezuela)
Swedish: rövslickare (sv) c, smilfink c
Turkish: dalkavuk (tr), yaltakçı (tr), çanak yalayan, göt yalayan
Vietnamese: nịnh (tr), tiểu nhân (tr)

bootlicker

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