"footlicker" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: footlickers [plural]
Etymology: From foot + licker. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|foot|licker}} foot + licker Head templates: {{en-noun}} footlicker (plural footlickers)
  1. A sycophant; a fawner; a toady
    Sense id: en-footlicker-en-noun-f-O2EbRC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 87 13 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 86 14 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 93 7
  2. Someone who licks another's feet.
    Sense id: en-footlicker-en-noun-HtEu4CjC
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: bootlicker, bootlick

Inflected forms

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