Hypertext Webster Gateway: "toady"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Toady \Toad"y\, n.; pl. {Toadies}. [Shortened from toadeater.]
1. A mean flatterer; a toadeater; a sycophant.
Before I had been standing at the window five
minutes, they somehow conveyed to me that they were
all toadies and humbugs. --Dickens.
2. A coarse, rustic woman. [R.] --Sir W. Scott.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Toady \Toad"y\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Toadied}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Toadying}.]
To fawn upon with mean sycophancy.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
toady
n : a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a
personal advantage [syn: {sycophant}, {crawler}, {lackey}]
v : tray to gain favor by cringing or flattering; "He is always
kowtowing to his boss" [syn: {fawn}, {truckle}, {bootlick},
{kowtow}, {kotow}, {suck up}]
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