[f. as prec. + -ER1.] One who cringes; an obsequious or servile creature.
1597. 1st Pt. Return fr. Parnass., IV. i. 1236. This ladye-munger, this meere rapier and dagger, this cringer.
a. 1649. Drumm. of Hawth., Σκιαμαχια, Wks. (1711), 199. Cringers to Crucifixes, Approvers of Purgatory.
1799. W. Taylor, in Monthly Rev., XXIX. 102. Cringers to fortune, birth and power.
1859. Sala, Tw. round Clock (1861), 336. The decorations that are shared by footmen and backstairs cringers.
