toady

Definition of Toady in English :

a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage

try to gain favor by cringing or flattering

Example Sentences:
'He is always kowtowing to his boss'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Toady

nounWord forms: plural toadies

1.

a person who flatters and ingratiates himself or herself in a servile way; sycophant

verbWord forms: toadies, toadying or toadied

2.

to fawn on and flatter (someone)

nounWord forms: plural ˈtoadies

1.

a servile flatterer; sycophant, esp. one who does distasteful or unprincipled things in order to gain favor

verb transitive, verb intransitiveWord forms: ˈtoadied or ˈtoadying

2.

to be a toady (to); flatter

n. pl. toad·ies

A person who flatters or defers to others for self-serving reasons; a sycophant.

tr. & intr.v. toad·ied, toad·y·ing, toad·ies

To be a toady to or behave like a toady. See Synonyms at fawn¹.