noun. Any of several breeds of small-sized to medium-sized dogs, usually having drooping ears, short legs, and a wavy, silky coat.

noun. A docile or servile person.

To fawn; cringe; be obsequious.

To follow like a spaniel.

noun. A dog of a domestic breed, of medium and small sizes, with a long silky and usually curly coat, long, soft, drooping ears, feathered tail and stern, of docile, timid, and affectionate disposition, much used for sporting purposes and as pets.

noun. Figuratively, a mean, cringing, fawning person; a blindly submissive follower: from the characteristics of the spaniel in relation to its master, or when in a state of fear.

Like a spaniel; fawningly submissive; mean; servile; cringing.

adjective. Cringing; fawning.

noun. 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.

noun. A cringing, fawning person.

transitive verb. To follow like a spaniel.

intransitive verb. To fawn; to cringe; to be obsequious.

noun. Any of various small breeds of gun dog having a broad muzzle, long, wavy fur and long ears that hang at the side of the head, bred for flushing and retrieving game.

verb. To follow loyally, like a spaniel.

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