Tōad'-eat'er, n.

n. [Said to be from an old practice among mountebanks' boys of eating toads (vulgarly supposed to be poisonous), in order that their masters might have an opportunity of pretending to effect a cure. The French equivalent expression is un avaleur des couleuvres.] A fawning, obsequious parasite; a mean sycophant; a toady. [Vulgar.] You had nearly imposed upon me, but you have lost your labor. You're too zealous a toad-eater, and betray yourself. Dickens.