obeisant

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Isn't it just that Howard got us all used to the most obeisant, obsequious kind of cronyism when it came to the USA?

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  1. Obedient; subject. And obeisant and redy to his honde Were alle his liges. Chaucer, Clerk's Tale, l. 10. In that Lond thei have a Queen, that governethe alle that Lond; and alle thei ben obeyssant to hire. Mandeville, Travels, p. 155. And all this word Dominus of name Shuld haue the ground obeysant wilde and tame, That name and people togidre might accord Al the ground subiect to the Lord. Hakluyt's Voyages, I. 200.

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  • Losing control of these areas means losing US / NATO supply routes but attempts to fight the insurgents makes the military seem even more obeisant to the US, which of course strengthens the insurgencies. —  CounterPunch
  • The problem is also not the obeisant and loyal students of Quinnipiac. —  Yale Daily News: Latest Issue
  • The waiter was simultaneously cheeky and obeisant of authority, as Aussies tend to be. —  Esquire.com Article Feed
  • Throughout, women are characteristically portrayed as confronting and overcoming obstacles, thereby to create independent lives for themselves subject to no state rule over them and obeisant to no man. —  Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]
  • Isn't it just that Howard got us all used to the most obeisant, obsequious kind of cronyism when it came to the USA? —  Crikey » Canberra Calling
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  1. from Middle English obeisant, from Old French obeissant, French obéissant, obedient, present participle of obéir, obey: see obey.
 

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