0 a person who praises and is artificially pleasant to people in authority, usually in order to get some advantage from them: --
Everywhere he goes he is surrounded by an entourage of toadies.
1 to praise and be artificially pleasant to people in authority, usually in order to get some advantage from them: --
He appoints curt relatives and toadies without merit or knowledge to important positions without listening to the voice of the people.
He was also, incidentally, a supreme toady, fraudulent scholar and humbug.
Henchmen in this sense are also sometimes called lackeys, toadies, or mooks (with the latter term more often used for lesser minions of the villain).
Don't toady to the rich; don't be arrogant to the poor.
The back of the pamphlet listed nine men identified as toadies.
It will remain for local party members to decide whether they want people who toady and toe the line, or whether they want people who are slightly more independent.
I am prepared to be as nice and toady-like as necessary in order to ensure that my constituents and their children get what they deserve.
They were toadies of the great creatures, adding to their strength and force.
