lackey
noun
[ ˈlaki ]
• a servant, especially a liveried footman or manservant.
• "lackeys were waiting to help them from the carriage"
Similar:
servant,
flunkey,
footman,
manservant,
valet,
liveried servant,
steward,
butler,
equerry,
retainer,
vassal,
page,
attendant,
houseboy,
domestic,
drudge,
factotum,
skivvy,
scullion,
• a brownish European moth of woods and hedgerows, the caterpillars of which live communally in a silken tent on the food tree.
lackey
verb
• behave in a servile way towards (someone).
• "he had lacqueyed and flattered Walpole"
Origin:
early 16th century: from French laquais, perhaps from Catalan alacay, from Arabic al-qā'id ‘the chief’.
