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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
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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.