SYCOPHANT


Meaning of SYCOPHANT in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ sɪkəfænt, AM -fənt ]

( sycophants)

A sycophant is a person who behaves in a sycophantic way. ( FORMAL )

...a dictator surrounded by sycophants, frightened to tell him what he may not like.

N-COUNT [ disapproval ]

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