lackey (redirected from lackeys)

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

Noun

1. a servile follower; hanger-on

2. a liveried male servant or valet [Catalan lacayo, alacayo]

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, flatterer, varlet (archaic)

Translations

lackey [ˈlækɪ] n (also fig) → lacayo

lackey [ˈlækɪ] n (also fig) → laquais m

lackey [ˈlækɪ] (pej) n → Lakai m

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