fawner(n = noun.person) apple polisher, bootlicker, groveler, groveller, truckler - someone who humbles himself as a sign of respect; who behaves as if he had no self-respect;
is a kind of ass-kisser, crawler, lackey, sycophant, toady
Derived forms verb fawn2, verb fawn1
One who fawns; a sycophant. [1913 Webster]