The Collaborative International Dictionary
Toadeater \Toad"eat`er\, n. [Said to be so called in allusion to
an old alleged practice among mountebanks' boys of eating
toads (popularly supposed to be poisonous), in order that
their masters might have an opportunity of pretending to
effect a cure. The French equivalent expression is un avaleur
de couleuvres. Cf. Toady.]
A fawning, obsequious parasite; a mean sycophant; a
flatterer; a toady.
--V. Knox.
You had nearly imposed upon me, but you have lost your
labor. You're too zealous a toadeater, and betray
yourself.
--Dickens.
Wiktionary
n. A fawning, obsequious parasite; a mean sycophant or flatterer.
Usage examples of "toadeater".
Certainly Deymorin's ex-cohorts among the Guard, or the devil-may-care toadeaters he'd collected during his years on the town would not agree with that assessment.