noun · rare

toady

toady · toadies

білий лицар

белый рыцарь

weißer Ritter

A sycophant who flatters others to gain personal advantage, or an obsequious, servile…A sycophant who flatters others to gain personal advantage, or an obsequious, servile lackey or minion.

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UK/ˈtəʊ.di/US/ˈtoʊ.di/

» I see you brought your toady along.

Meaning

2 senses

(derogatory)A sycophant who flatters others to gain personal advantage, or an obsequious, servile lackey or minion.
Arschkriecher, Schleimer
подли́заpodlíza, подхали́мpodxalím
a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage
(archaic)A coarse, rustic woman.

Examples

4 sentences

I see you brought your toady along.
CC0 · Tatoeba · shekitten · C2Open on Tatoeba Report a problem
Carmen only bakes the bosses' favourite cake to toady up to him.
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Tom is a toady.
CC BY 2.0 FR · Tatoeba · Fenrir · C2Open on Tatoeba Report a problem
Aristotle was toadying up to the Macedonian monarchy.
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