lackey
Plural: lackeys
Noun
- a male servant (especially a footman)
- a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage
- A footman, a liveried male servant.
- A fawning, servile follower.
Verb
Verb Forms: lackeyed, lackeying, lackeys
- To act in a servile or subservient manner.
- To attend, wait upon, serve obsequiously.
- To toady, play the flunky.
Examples
- He refused to LACKEY to his opponent’s demands for a re-rack of tiles.
Origin / 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.
Synonyms
ass-kisser, crawler, flunkey, flunky, sycophant, toady, acolyte, adjutant, aide, bootlicker, disciple, follower, footman, henchman, hireling, inferior, lackey, lap dog, lickspittle, man Friday, minion, myrmidon, poodle, retainer, right-hand man, right-hand woman, servant, stooge, subordinate, underling, vassal, yes man
Scrabble Score: 15
lackey: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordlackey: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
lackey: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary