One who seeks to gain through the powerful and influential.
One who uses obsequious compliments to gain self-serving favour or advantage from another; a servile flatterer.
To play the sycophant toward; to flatter obsequiously.
A hero, savior, or righteous individual.
An individual or corporation that intends to acquire another company in order to avert a hostile takeover.
Someone who unnecessarily defends someone else.
A man who defends a woman in debate etc. in an attempt to gain her favour.
A mushroom of species Tricholoma album.
To unnecessarily defend someone, especially in an attempt to gain favour.