"adulator" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: adulators [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin adūlātor. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|adūlātor}} Latin adūlātor Head templates: {{en-noun}} adulator (plural adulators)
  1. One who lavishes excessive praises or flattery; one who adulates. Categories (topical): People Derived forms: adulatress Translations (one who adulates): κόλαξ (kólax) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), θώψ (thṓps) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), շողոքորթ (šoġokʻortʻ) (Armenian), yaltaq (Azerbaijani), ялағай (yalağay) (Bashkir), smigrer [common-gender] (Danish), spytslikker [common-gender] (Danish), mielistelijä (Finnish), imartelija (Finnish), adulateur [masculine] (French), adulatrice [feminine] (French), Schmeichler [masculine] (German), Schmeichlerin [feminine] (German), κόλακας (kólakas) [masculine] (Greek), γαλίφης (galífis) [masculine] (Greek), μαλαγάνας (malagánas) [masculine] (Greek), talpnyaló (Hungarian), adulatore [masculine] (Italian), adulatrice [feminine] (Italian), adulador [masculine] (Portuguese), bajulador [masculine] (Portuguese), aduladôr [masculine] (Romagnol), adulatôr [masculine] (Romagnol), adulator [masculine] (Romanian), adulatoare [feminine] (Romanian), льстец (lʹstec) [masculine] (Russian), подхали́м (podxalím) [masculine] (Russian), лизоблю́д (lizobljúd) [masculine] (Russian), подли́за (podlíza) [feminine, masculine] (Russian), adulador [masculine] (Spanish), aduladora [feminine] (Spanish)

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