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Lackey

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Noun

1. flunkey, flunky, lackey

a male servant (especially a footman)

2. ass-kisser, crawler, lackey, sycophant, toady

a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Lackey

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noun
1. 
a servile follower; hanger-on
2. 
a liveried male servant or valet
3. 
a person who is treated like a servant
verb
4. (when intr, often foll by for)
to act as a lackey (to)

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Lackey

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nounWord forms: plural ˈlackeys
1. 
a male servant of low rank, usually in some sort of livery or uniform
2. 
a follower who carries out another's orders like a servant; toady
verb transitive, verb intransitiveWord forms: ˈlackeyed or ˈlackeying
3.  Rare
to serve as a lackey

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Lackey

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n. pl. lack·eys
1. A servile follower; a toady.
2. A liveried male servant; a footman.
v. lack·eyed, lack·ey·ing, lack·eys
v.tr.
To wait on as a footman; attend.
v.intr.
To act in a servile manner; fawn.

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