Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FLATTERER

n.One who flatters; a fawner; a wheedler; one who praises another, with a view to please him, to gain his favor, or to accomplish some purpose. When I tell him he hates flatterers,
He says he does; being then most flattered.
The most abject flatterers degenerate into the greatest tyrants.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

FLATTERER

FLATTERER Flat "ter *er, n.

 

Defn: One who flatters. The most abject flaterers degenerate into the greatest tyrants. Addison.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

flatterer

flat ter er |ˈflatərər ˈflætərər | ▶noun a person who lavishes praise, often insincerely; a sycophant: he is not allowing flatterers to deceive him.

 

Oxford Dictionary

flatterer

flat |ter ¦er |ˈflat (ə )rə (r )| ▶noun a person who lavishes praise, often insincerely; a sycophant: he is not allowing flatterers to deceive him.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

flatterer

flatterer noun he's got all the flatterers that money can buy: sycophant, bootlicker, brown-noser, toady, lickspittle, flunky, lackey, yes-man, doormat, stooge, cringer, suck, suck-up.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

flatterer

flatterer noun the prince is surrounded by flatterers: sycophant, groveller, fawner, lackey, obsequious person, kowtower, time server; informal crawler, creep, toady, bootlicker, yes man, lickspittle, doormat, truckler; N. Amer. informal suck-up, brown-nose; Brit. vulgar slang arse-licker, arse-kisser; formal encomiast; archaic toad-eater. ANTONYMS critic.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

flatterer

fl á t ter er /-t (ə )rə r /名詞 C おべっか使い .