Question of the Day #131

"THE LICKSPITTLES WHO SERVE TRUMP, NOT AMERICA"
From the headline of this article at Newsweek.

上記の文で、lickspittle の意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "lickspittle" mean?

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解答

意味： 英辞郎によると、


おべっか使い

Answer

According to Merriam-Webster:

a fawning subordinate

Etymology/語源

Online Etymology Dictionaryによると、

lick-spittleとも書く。1741年頃に初めて使われた。

According to Online Etymology Dictionary:

also lick-spittle, "sycophant, abject toady, one who will do any repulsive thing," 1741

Examples

• a partisan news program whose host is more of a lickspittle for the White House than a serious journalist
• ‘he is a lickspittle for the Establishment’
• "You get up right after midnight to practice being a lickspittle and a trimmer!" Such is Life, Frank Wedekind