lackey
noun/ˈlæ.ki/
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French laquais, which is probably (via Old Occitan lacai?) from Spanish lacayo, itself perhaps from Italian lacchè and Greek λακές (lakés), from Turkish ulak. Another possibility is through French, from Catalan alacay, from Arabic الْقَائِد (al-qāʔid). See French laquais.
- borrowed from laquais
Definitions
A footman, a liveried male servant.
A fawning, servile follower.
To attend, wait upon, serve obsequiously.
- [T]he ebbed man, ne'er loved till ne'er worth love, Comes deared by being lacked. This common body, Like to a vagabond flag upon the stream, Goes to and back, lackeying the varying tide, To rot itself with motion.
- So dear to Heav'n is Saintly chastity, That when a soul is found sincerely so, A thousand liveried Angels lacky her […]
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To toady, play the flunky.
A surname.
The neighborhood
Derived
lackey caterpillar, lackeydom, lackeyism, lackey moth, lackeyship, unlackeyed
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA