Definition of lackey Lackey
/læˈki/ - [lakee] - lack•ey
We found 11 definitions of lackey from 5 different sources.
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What does lackey mean?
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NounPlural: lackeys |
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| lackey - a male servant (especially a footman) | ||
| flunky, flunkey | ||
| lackey - a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage | ||
| sycophant, toady, crawler, ass-kisser | ||
| adulator, flatterer a person who uses flattery | ||
| apple polisher, bootlicker, fawner, groveler, groveller, truckler someone who humbles himself as a sign of respect; who behaves as if he had no self-respect | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- lackey (v.)
An attending male servant; a footman; a servile follower. - lackey (v. t.)
To attend as a lackey; to wait upon. - lackey (v. i.)
To act or serve as lackey; to pay servile attendance.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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lackey
lak′i, n. a menial attendant: a footman or footboy.—v.t. and v.i. to pay servile attendance: to act as a footman. [O. Fr. laquay (Fr. laquais)—Sp. lacayo, a lackey; perh. Ar. luka‛, servile.]
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