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Noun: groveller
Usage: Brit, Cdn (=groveler)
  1. Someone who humbles himself as a sign of respect; who behaves as if he had no self-respect
    - apple polisher [US], bootlicker, fawner, groveler [US], truckler

Derived forms: grovellers

See also: grovel

Type of: arse-licker [Brit], ass-kisser [N. Amer], crawler, lackey, lacquey, sycophant, toady