lackey

  • 31lackey — 1. noun /ˈlæ.ki/ a) A footman, liveried male servant. b) A fawning, servile follower; a lickspittle. 2. verb /ˈlæ.ki/ To attend, wait upon, serve obsequiously …

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  • 32lackey — Synonyms and related words: adherent, apple polisher, ass licker, backscratcher, backslapper, bootlick, bootlicker, brown nose, brownie, clawback, courtier, creature, cringer, dependent, disciple, dummy, dupe, fawner, feudatory, figurehead,… …

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  • 33lackey — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. footman, servant. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. attendant, manservant, footman, flunky; see servant . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. toady, servant, footman, slave, stooge, *brownnose, *yes man, flunky,… …

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  • 34lackey — lack|ey [ˈlæki] n [Date: 1500 1600; : French; Origin: laquais] someone who always does what a particular person tells them to do used to show disapproval …

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  • 35lackey — lack·ey || lækɪ n. servant; person who grovels v. serve, function as; grovel before, be servile in front of …

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  • 36lackey — ackley …

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  • 37lackey — noun (plural lackeys) 1》 a servant, especially a liveried footman or manservant. 2》 a servile or obsequious person. 3》 a brownish moth whose caterpillars live in groups in a silken shelter. [Malacosoma neustria.] verb (lackeys, lackeying,… …

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  • 38lackey — I. n. Footman, footboy, flunky. II. v. a. Attend (as a servant), wait on, dance attendance on …

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  • 39lackey — noun (C) someone who behaves like a servant by always doing what someone else tells them to …

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  • 40lackey — noun 1) lackeys helped them from their carriage Syn: servant, flunky, footman, manservant, valet, steward, butler, attendant, houseboy, domestic; archaic scullion 2) one of the manager s lackeys Syn: toady …

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