brown-nosern.
/ˈbraʊnˌnəʊzə/, U.S. /ˈbraʊ(n)ˌnoʊzər/ slang (originally U.S.).
An obsequious person; a sycophant.
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the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > servile flattery or currying favour > [noun] > servile flatterer
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1942 Plainsman (Alabama Polytechnic Inst.) 7 Aug. 2/1 One industrious brown-noser keeps a file in which she carefully notes all the professor's likes and dislikes. If he likes fishing, she reads books on fishing.
1950 E. Hemingway Across River & into Trees xxxiii. 208 The brown-nosers..and all the jerks.
1990 E. Feldman Looking for Love ix. 105 A little brown-noser who wants to make sure I know he's working on Saturday.
2018 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 22 Nov. 28 Oleaginous brownnosers may thrive and be richly rewarded in some environments..but the individual who breaks ranks and speaks truth to power always earns the gratitude of those who daren't.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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