- (n.) A base parasite; a mean or servile flatterer; especially, a flatterer of princes and great men.
- (v.t.) To inform against; hence, to calumniate.
- (n.) An informer; a talebearer.
- (v.t.) To play the sycophant toward; to flatter obsequiously.
- (v.i.) To play the sycophant.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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