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   lackey

   /ˈlaki/

   noun

   • 1. a servant, especially a liveried footman or manservant: "lackeys were waiting to help them from the carriage" Similar servantflunkeyfootmanmanservantvaletliveried servantstewardbutlerequerryretainervassalpageattendanthouseboydomesticdrudgefactotuminformal:skivvyarchaic:scullion
   • ▪ a person who is obsequiously willing to obey or serve another person: derogatory "he denied that he was the lackey of the Chief Secretary to the Treasury" Similar toadyflunkeysycophantflattererminiondoormatspanielstoogehanger-onlickspittleparasitetoolpuppetinstrumentpawnsubordinateunderlingcreaturecat's pawinformal:yes-manbootlickerdogsbodysuck-up
   • 2. a brownish European moth of woods and hedgerows, the caterpillars of which live communally in a silken tent on the food tree.

   verb

   • 1. behave in a servile way towards (someone): archaic "he had lacqueyed and flattered Walpole"

   Word Origin early 16th century: from French laquais, perhaps from Catalan alacay, from Arabic al-qā'id‘the chief’.

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   What does a lackey do?

   • A lackey is someone who works for someone else and tries to get ahead by kissing up to his superiors. For example, a lackey might carry his employer's luggage or fetch her cappuccinos. A lackey can also be a servant who wears a uniform, like a butler, doorman, or valet. Only the richest, grandest, snobbiest families employ lackeys these days.

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   What is a corporate lackey?

   • From ancient deities to corporate lackeys, the history of our aquatic cousins is certainly a strange one. But a chain of stores that sells shirts, ties, the garb of the corporate lackey, has a tougher sell. The essential thing was to retrieve it from an administration composed of foreigners and their agents or ‘ lackeys’.

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   Is a Laird a lackey?

   • Generally, these men are not lackeys or touts of the boss. The man who is prepared to be a time-server or a paid lackey is not concerned with ideals or principles. A lackey means a paid servant on his staff, which is absurd. I am certainly not a lairds' lackey or anyone else's lackey.

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   • lacayo, lacaya… criado, pau-mandado… Need a translator? Get a quick, free translation! LACKEY meaning: 1. a servant or someone who behaves like one by obeying someone else's orders or by doing….

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   Who was miles Lackey?

   • An aide named Miles Lackey was sitting in the front passenger seat. A fellow rudely clad—a hybrid between man-at-arms and lackey—lounged on a musket to confront them in the gateway. The soldier lackey resigned the reins to Rabecque, and requested Monsieur de Garnache to follow him.

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