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Noun: fawner  fo-nu(r)
  1. Someone who humbles themself as a sign of respect; who behaves as if they had no self-respect
    "The new employee was seen as a fawner for constantly praising the boss's ideas";
    - apple polisher [US, informal], bootlicker [informal], groveller [Brit, Cdn], groveler [US], truckler

Sounds like: fawn, fwner, f

Derived forms: fawners

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