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proneur

noun
pro·neur | \prōˈnər(‧)\
plural -s

Definition of proneur 

: flatterer, eulogist

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History and Etymology for proneur

French prôneur, from prôner to exhort, praise to excess (from prône religious instruction) + -eur -or

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