crawler

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

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noun a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage
noun a person who crawls or creeps along the ground
noun terrestrial worm that burrows into and helps aerate soil; often surfaces when the ground is cool or wet; used as bait by anglers

From crawl (“to move slowly, by dragging the body along the ground”) + -er.

Sad crawler on the Hills! — The Works of Rudyard Kipling: One Volume Edition, Rudyard Kipling
"Watch these crawlers closely, now. — On the Trail of the Space Pirates, Carey Rockwell
The Crawler is at our heels!" — Red Nails, Robert E. (Robert Ervin) Howard

sycophant, toady, lackey, ass-kisser

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