"fawner" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈfɔːnə(ɹ)/ Forms: fawners [plural]
Rhymes: -ɔːnə(ɹ) Etymology: From fawn + -er. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|fawn|-er<id:agent noun>|text=+|tree=1}} From fawn + -er., {{ety|en|:af|fawn|-er<id:agent noun>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English fawn Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-os? Proto-Indo-European *-o- Proto-Indo-European *-so- Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂so- Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂s(i)yós Proto-Italic *-āsijos Proto-Italic *-āsios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere ▲ Latin -ārius Old French -ierbor. Middle English -er English -er English fawner From fawn + -er. Head templates: {{en-noun}} fawner (plural fawners)
  1. One who fawns; a sycophant. Translations (one who fawns): κόλαξ (kólax) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), lisonjero [masculine] (Spanish), lisonjera [feminine] (Spanish), lismare [common-gender] (Swedish)

Inflected forms

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