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flatterer
flatterer (ˈflætərə(r)) [f. flatter v.1 + -er1.] 1. One who flatters, in various senses of the vb.; esp. one who employs false praise to obtain favour or otherwise serve his own purposes.a 1340 Hampole Psalter xiv. 4 Flaterers & bakbiters ere fere fra þis life. 1413 Pilgr. Sowle (Caxton 1483) iii. i...
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Flatterer (horse)
Flatterer (1979–2014) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse. In 1987 at the age of eight, Flatterer competed in his final races.
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flatterer
flatterer/ˈflætərə(r); `flætərɚ/ nperson who flatters 谄媚者; 奉承者 Don't believe him he's a real flatterer. 别相信他--他纯粹是奉承.
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Flattery (disambiguation)
Flattery or Flatterer may also refer to:
Flattery (film), a 1925 American silent film
Flatterer (horse), a racehorse
Willie Flattery (1904–1957), American
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curridow.
[curriedew, -dow, curridow. Error based on a misreading of curreiden (see quot. c 1400 s.v. curry v.1 4 b).1561 Chaucer's Wks. Ggg vi/2 Tho curreideu glosours. 1617 Minsheu Ductor, Curriedew, in. Chaucer signifieth Currie-fauour, or Flatter. 1658 Phillips, Curriedow, a curry-favour or flatterer. 172...
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Flattery
An insincere flatterer is a stock character in many literary works. Examples include Wormtongue from J. R. R. Plutarch wrote an essay on "How to Tell a Flatterer from a Friend." Julius Caesar was notorious for his flattery.
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Demetrius (son of Pythonax)
He is described as a flatterer of Alexander.
References
Arrian, Anab. iv. 12 ; Plut. Alex. 54.
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Appeal to flattery
Moreover, it is usually a cunning form of appeal to consequences, since the audience is subject to be flattered as long as they comply with the flatterer
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adulator
adulator (ˈædjʊˌleɪtə(r)) [a. L. adūlātor n. of agent, f. adūlā-ri: see adulate, cf. Fr. adulateur.] One who offers praise consciously exaggerated or unmerited; a servile or hypocritical flatterer. [Not in Cotgr. 1611, who defines Adulateur Fr. as A flatterer, cogger, smoother, soother, fawner, claw...
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Cozart
According to Dictionary of American Family Names, "it probably a variant spelling of Dutch Cossaert, a nickname for a confidante, sweetheart, or flatterer
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Lee Seung-il (actor)
in dramas When I Was the Most Beautiful, Can Love Be Refunded, At Eighteen, My Absolute Boyfriend and he appeared in movies such as Lucky Monster, The Flatterer he appeared in dramas Twenty-Twenty, as Kwon Ki-jung When I Was the Most Beautiful as Song In-ho and he also appeared in movies Lucky Monster and The Flatterer
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American Champion Steeplechase Horse
Flatterer is the only horse to win the award four times in a row, his last coming at age 7 in 1986.
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