1. a person who shows excessive deference or submissiveness to someone in authority
Usage: often derogatory

Examples

• The manager surrounded himself with kowtowers who never questioned his decisions.
• She refused to be a kowtower and spoke up against the unfair policy.
• The political kowtowers agreed with everything the senator said.
• He was known as a kowtower who would do anything to please his boss.
• The team needed independent thinkers, not kowtowers.
• Being a kowtower won’t earn you genuine respect from colleagues.