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.
One who uses obsequious compliments to gain self-serving favour or advantage from another; a servile flatterer.
One who seeks to gain through the powerful and influential.
To play the sycophant toward; to flatter obsequiously.