lap dog vs subordinate

lap dog

noun
  • A person who behaves in a servile manner, such as a sycophantic employee or a fawning lover. 

  • A small toy dog, kept as household pet, whose light weight and companionable temperament make it both suited and disposed to spend time resting in the comfort of its master's lap; a dog bred to behave in this manner. 

subordinate

noun
  • One who is subordinate. 

verb
  • To make subservient. 

  • To treat as of less value or importance. 

  • To make of lower priority in order of payment in bankruptcy. 

adj
  • Descending in a regular series. 

  • Placed in a lower class, rank, or position. 

  • dependent on and either modifying or complementing the main clause 

  • Submissive or inferior to, or controlled by authority. 

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