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Definition of Lackey
1. Noun. A male servant (especially a footman).
2. Noun. A person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage.
Specialized synonyms: Apple Polisher, Bootlicker, Fawner, Groveler, Groveller, Truckler, Goody-goody
Generic synonyms: Adulator, Flatterer
Derivative terms: Crawl, Sycophancy, Sycophantic, Sycophantic, Toady
Definition of Lackey
1. n. An attending male servant; a footman; a servile follower.
2. v. t. To attend as a lackey; to wait upon.
3. v. i. To act or serve as lackey; to pay servile attendance.
Definition of Lackey
1. Noun. A footman, a liveried male servant. ¹
2. Noun. A fawning, servile follower; a lickspittle. ¹
3. Verb. (transitive) To attend, wait upon, serve obsequiously ¹
4. Verb. (intransitive obsolete) To toady, play the flunky ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Lackey
1. to act in a servile manner [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Medical Definition of Lackey
1.
Origin: F. Laquais; cf. Sp. & Pg. Lacayo; of uncertain origin; perh. Of German origin, and akin to E.lick.
An attending male servant; a footman; a servile follower. "Like a Christian footboy or a gentleman's lackey.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lackey
Literary usage of Lackey
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1905)
"loaded gun In the buggy, and defendant demanded of lackey Burton the return of
a pistol claimed by him, which it seems had been pawned with lackey Burton by ..."
2. Courts and Lawyers of Pennsylvania: A History, 1623-1923 by Frank Marshall Eastman (1922)
"They are the parents of two sons : Allen Cooper and John lackey. ... THOMAS STEPHENS
lackey. Combining important and extensive business interests with ..."
3. The Journal of Geography by National Council of Geography Teachers (U.S.) (1918)
"MEASURING THE ABILITY OF CHILDREN IN GEOGRAPHY BY EE lackey State Normal School,
Wayne, Neb. THE NEED OF A MEASURING STICK THE ability of children in ..."
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