noun

flatterer

flatterer, sycophant

He is known as a flatterer.

He is known as a flatterer.

Don't trust the words of a flatterer.

Don't trust the words of a flatterer.

a flatterer a person who praises someone, often insincerely He is a notorious flatterer.

sycophant, bootlicker, brown-noser

From the verb 'to flatter' plus the agent suffix '-er', meaning 'one who flatters'.

A 'flatterer' is simply a person who 'flatters'. The '-er' suffix is a common way to form nouns for people from verbs.

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