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Groveler

noun
(Written also groveller)
1.
Someone who humbles himself as a sign of respect; who behaves as if he had no self-respect.  Synonyms: apple polisher, bootlicker, fawner, groveller, truckler.






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"Groveler" Quotes from Famous Books



... a miserable groveler at the feet of humanity," he thought, "clutching at shrinking shoestrings for a piece of bread in pity's name. If I could see, God, ...
— Claire - The Blind Love of a Blind Hero, By a Blind Author • Leslie Burton Blades

... The prostrate groveler struggled halfway up, exhibiting the bloated and filthy countenance of a drunkard. He made two or three efforts to get upon his feet, lost his balance, and ...
— McGuffey's Fifth Eclectic Reader • William Holmes McGuffey



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