Spaniel

n.	1.	(Zool.) 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. As a spaniel she will on him leap. - Chaucer.
	2.	A cringing, fawning person.
a.	1.	Cringing; fawning.
v. i.	1.	To fawn; to cringe; to be obsequious.
v. t.	1.	To follow like a spaniel.

Noun

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spaniel - any of several breeds of small to medium-sized gun dogs with a long silky coat and long frilled ears

Brittany spaniel, clumber, clumber spaniel, cocker, cocker spaniel, English cocker spaniel, field spaniel, gun dog, sporting dog, springer, springer spaniel, Sussex spaniel, water spaniel