FLAT'TERER, noun One who flatters; a fawner; a wheedler; one who praises another, with a view to please him, to gain his favor, or to accomplish some purpose. When I tell him he hates flatterers, He says he does; being then most flattered. The most abject flatterers degenerate into the greatest tyrants.
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI