brown-noses in English
verb
1
curry favor with (someone) by acting in an obsequious way.
academics were brown-nosing the senior faculty
noun
1
a person who acts in a grossly obsequious way.
He trusts fewer and fewer goons henchmen ministers, preferring unelected brown-nosers .
verb
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1. Brown-nose (third-person singular simple present brown-noses, present participle brown-nosing, simple past and past participle brown-nosed) Alternative spelling of Brownnose
2. Brown-nose (noun) · brown-noses (plural noun) · brown-noser (noun) · brownnose (noun) · Brownnoses (plural noun) · brown-nosers (plural noun) a person who acts in a grossly obsequious way