spaniel

spaniel is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 4 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.

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  1. 1.A cringing, fawning person. Shak.
  2. 2.Cringing; fawning. Shak.
  3. 3.To fawn; to cringe; to be obsequious. [R.] Churchill.
  4. 4.To follow like a spaniel. [R.]

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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