apple polisher

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

apple polisher
    n 1: someone who humbles himself as a sign of respect; who
         behaves as if he had no self-respect [syn: {apple
         polisher}, {bootlicker}, {fawner}, {groveller}, {groveler},
         {truckler}]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

43 Moby Thesaurus words for "apple polisher":
      ass-licker, backscratcher, backslapper, bootlick, bootlicker,
      brown-nose, brownie, clawback, courtier, creature, cringer, dupe,
      fawner, flatterer, flunky, footlicker, groveler, handshaker, helot,
      instrument, jackal, kowtower, lackey, led captain, lickspit,
      lickspittle, mealymouth, minion, peon, puppet, serf, slave,
      spaniel, stooge, suck, sycophant, timeserver, toad, toady, tool,
      truckler, tufthunter, yes-man