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

Derived forms: grovelers

Type of: crawler, lackey, lacquey, sycophant, toady