toadeater

A toady.

A mountebank’s boy who ate, or pretended to eat, toads (supposed to be poison-ous), in order to give his master an opportunity to show his skill in expelling poison.

A fawning, obsequious parasite; a mean sycophant; a toady.

A fawning, obsequious parasite; a mean sycophant; a flatterer; a toady.

A fawning, obsequious parasite; a mean sycophant or flatterer.