Lackey

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A liveried male servant; a footman.
  • n. A servile follower; a toady.
  • v. To wait on as a footman; attend.
  • verb-intransitive. To act in a servile manner; fawn.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A footman, a liveried male servant.
  • n. A fawning, servile follower; a lickspittle.
  • v. To attend, wait upon, serve obsequiously
  • v. To toady, play the flunky
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. An attending male servant; a footman; a servile follower.
  • v. To attend as a lackey; to wait upon.
  • verb-intransitive. To act or serve as lackey; to pay servile attendance.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. An attending servant; a runner; a footboy or footman; hence, any servile follower.
  • n. A lackey-moth.
  • To wait on as or like a lackey; attend servilely; serve as a menial.
  • To act as a lackey or footman; give servile attendance.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage
  • n. a male servant (especially a footman)
  • Verb Form
    lackeyed    lackeying    lackeys   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    retainer    servant   
    Cross Reference
    fawner   
    Form
    lackeyed    lackeying   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    footman   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Iraqi    Jackie    Jacky    blackie    jacky    jakie    khaki    tacky    wacky   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    footman    valet    groom    coachmen    coachman    butler    chamberlain    doorman    chauffeur    bodyguard