fawner

noun

Definition of fawnernext
as in fan
a person who flatters another in order to get ahead having surrounded himself with fawners who gave him only good news, the governor had no idea of the true state of affairs

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  1. fan
  2. henchman
  3. toady
  4. minion
  5. parasite
  6. sycophant
  7. devotee
  8. sponge
Noun
  • Compared to this point last season, NHL attendance overall is almost flat — down only 30 fans per game.
    James Mirtle, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025
  • While Rae may have captured hearts and garnered fans from the very beginning with Insecure, her journey on the style front has also been enjoyable to witness.
    Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 9 Jan. 2025
Definition of fan
Noun
  • Also joining the cast are Sam C. Wilson as Trap Jaw, Kojo Attah as Tri-Klops and Hafthor Bjornsson as Goat Man — three of Skeletor's henchmen.
    Lawrence Yee, People.com, 21 Dec. 2024
  • That led Desmond and a few henchmen to the underground markets, unaware that Mikaela (with Keiran’s help) had rigged the place to blow.
    Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 15 Dec. 2024
Definition of henchman
Noun
  • Alfred Molina, Ving Rhames, Toby Jones, and Paul Walter Hauser all drop by to add their touches to an underworld majordomo, a dogged BPD Special Ops officer, a political toady and Boston’s single dumbest thug, respectively.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 1 Aug. 2024
  • Even meteorologists would face an uncertain future, given that Project 2025 also calls for replacing tens of thousands of federal workers with political toadies beholden only to the White House.
    Pat Beall, Orlando Sentinel, 28 July 2024
Definition of toady
Noun
  • Not even the dynamic duos of Joy and Anxiety, Deadpool and Wolverine, Gru and his minions or Paul Atreides and those massive sandworms could push the 2024 box office to pre-pandemic heights.
    Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 2 Jan. 2025
  • The Inflation Reduction Act set the United States on a new green industrial trajectory that even Trump and his minions will have trouble reversing.
    Matt Robison, Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2024
Definition of minion
Noun
  • The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) notes that symptoms of Guinea worm disease, caused by consuming the parasite Dracunculus medinensis, might not manifest until a year after infection.
    Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Jan. 2025
  • To some, these new arrivals were symptoms of rot – parasites attaching themselves to a dying host.
    Martin McKenzie-Murray, SPIN, 7 Jan. 2025
Definition of parasite
Noun
  • Joseph Quinn and Fred Hechinger, under white powder and red eye shadow like Joker sycophants.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 22 Nov. 2024
  • But that progress will be harder to forge if Trump follows through on his vow to mass fire civil servants and replace them with sycophants.
    Kenny Torrella, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
Definition of sycophant
Noun
  • Even two decades later, Miller is still proving a devotee to bohemian staples like ruffles, lace, and maxi dresses—and her love of the whimsical couldn’t come at a better time.
    Christian Allaire, Vogue, 28 Dec. 2024
  • While Starbucks provides a yummy, festive holiday menu every winter, devotees know that isn't the only way to try a new drink.
    Maggie Gillette, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Dec. 2024
Definition of devotee
Noun
  • Punk and Emo, the forerunners of today’s worm-mollusks, lived on the dark seafloor amid gardens of sponges, nearly 200 million years before the first dinosaurs emerged on land.
    Kate Golembiewski, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2025
  • Add the detergent to the water then dip the sponge or cloth in the water and get to work on the spot.
    Cody Godwin, USA TODAY, 2 Jan. 2025
Definition of sponge
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