lackey (redirected from Lacquey)

lack·ey  (lk)

n. pl. lack·eys

1. A liveried male servant; a footman.

2. A servile follower; a toady.

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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[French laquais, from Old French.]

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lackey [ˈlækɪ]

n

1. a servile follower; hanger-on

2. (Business / Professions) a liveried male servant or valet

3. a person who is treated like a servant

vb

(when intr, often foll by for) to act as a lackey (to) Also (rare) lacquey

[via French laquais, from Old French, perhaps from Catalan lacayo, alacayo; perhaps related to alcalde]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	lackey - a male servant (especially a footman) flunkey, flunky servant, retainer - a person working in the service of another (especially in the household)
	2.	lackey - a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage ass-kisser, crawler, sycophant, toady apple polisher, bootlicker, fawner, groveler, groveller, truckler - someone who humbles himself as a sign of respect; who behaves as if he had no self-respect adulator, flatterer - a person who uses flattery goody-goody - a person who behaves extremely well in order to please a superior

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lackey

noun hanger-on, fawner, pawn, attendant, tool, instrument, parasite, cohort (chiefly U.S.), valet, menial, minion, footman, sycophant, yes-man, manservant, toady, flunky, brown-noser (taboo slang), flatterer, ass-kisser (U.S. & Canad. taboo slang), varlet (archaic) I'm not staying as a paid lackey to act as your yes-man.

Translations

lackey [ˈlækɪ] N (gen) → lacayo m (also fig)

lackey [ˈlæki] n → laquais m

lackey

n (lit, fig) → Lakai m

lackey [ˈlækɪ] n (also) (pej) → lacchè m inv