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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.

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. " (Shak) Lackey caterpillar, the moth which produces the lackey caterpillar. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lackey

lackadaisical lackadaisically lackadaisicalness lackadaisy lackaday lackbrain lackbrains lacke lacked lacker

lackered lackering lackers lackest lacketh lackey (current term) lackeyed lackeying lackeys lacking

lacking(p) lackland lacklands lackluster lacklusterly lacklusterness lacklusters lacklustre lacklustrely lacklustreness

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