Spaniel

Part of speech: noun (n.)

1. One of a breed of small dogs having long and thick hair and large drooping ears. The legs are usually strongly feathered, and the tail bushy. See Illust. under Clumber, and Cocker.

2. A cringing, fawning person. Shak.

Part of speech: verb (v.)

To fawn; to cringe; to be obsequious. [R.] Churchill.

Part of speech: verb (v.)

To follow like a spaniel. [R.]

Part of speech: adjective (a.)

Cringing; fawning. Shak.