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Lackey

Lackey Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Lackey? [n] a male servant (especially a footman) [n] a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage Synonyms \| Synonyms for Lackey: crawler \| flunkey \| flunky \| sycophant \| toady Related Terms \| Find terms related to Lackey: adherent \| apple-polisher \| ass-licker \| backscratcher \| backslapper \| bootlick \| bootlicker \| brownie \| brown-nose \| clawback \| courtier \| creature \| cringer \| dependent \| disciple \| dummy \| dupe \| fawner \| feudatory \| figurehead \| flatterer \| flunky \| follower \| footlicker \| footman \| gillie \| goon \| groveler \| handshaker \| hanger-on \| helot \| henchman \| homager \| inferior \| instrument \| jackal \| kowtower \| led captain \| lickspit \| lickspittle \| liege \| liege man \| liveried servant \| man \| mealymouth \| minion \| myrmidon \| peon \| puppet \| retainer \| satellite \| serf \| slave \| spaniel \| stooge \| subordinate \| suck \| sycophant \| thug \| timeserver \| toad \| toady \| tool \| truckler \| tufthunter \| underling \| understrapper \| vassal \| votary \| yeoman \| yes-man See Also \| adulator \| apple polisher \| ass-kisser \| bootlicker \| fawner \| flatterer \| goody-goody \| groveler \| groveller \| retainer \| servant \| truckler Lackey In Webster's Dictionary \Lack"ey\, n.; pl. {Lackeys}. [F. laquais; cf. Sp. & Pg. lacayo; of uncertain origin; perh. of German origin, and akin to E. lick, v.] An attending male servant; a footman; a servile follower. Like a Christian footboy or a gentleman's lackey. --Shak. {Lackey caterpillar} (Zo["o]l.), the caterpillar, or larva, of any bombycid moth of the genus {Clisiocampa}; -- so called from its party-colored markings. The common European species ({C. neustria}) is striped with blue, yellow, and red, with a white line on the back. The American species ({C. Americana} and {C. sylvatica}) are commonly called {tent caterpillars}. See {Tent caterpillar}, under {Tent}. {Lackey moth} (Zo["o]l.), the moth which produces the lackey caterpillar. \Lack"ey\, v. t. To attend as a lackey; to wait upon. A thousand liveried angels lackey her. --Milton. \Lack"ey\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Lackeyed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Lackeying}.] To act or serve as lackey; to pay servile attendance.

Lackey Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Lackey?

[n] a male servant (especially a footman)
[n] a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage

Lackey In Webster's Dictionary

\Lack"ey\, n.; pl. {Lackeys}. [F. laquais; cf. Sp. & Pg.
lacayo; of uncertain origin; perh. of German origin, and akin
to E. lick, v.]
An attending male servant; a footman; a servile follower.

      Like a Christian footboy or a gentleman's lackey.
                                               --Shak.

{Lackey caterpillar} (Zo["o]l.), the caterpillar, or larva,
   of any bombycid moth of the genus {Clisiocampa}; -- so
   called from its party-colored markings. The common
   European species ({C. neustria}) is striped with blue,
   yellow, and red, with a white line on the back. The
   American species ({C. Americana} and {C. sylvatica}) are
   commonly called {tent caterpillars}. See {Tent
   caterpillar}, under {Tent}.

{Lackey moth} (Zo["o]l.), the moth which produces the lackey
   caterpillar.


\Lack"ey\, v. t.
To attend as a lackey; to wait upon.

      A thousand liveried angels lackey her.   --Milton.


\Lack"ey\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Lackeyed}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Lackeying}.]
To act or serve as lackey; to pay servile attendance.

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