lackey
noun
1 lackey
A male servant (especially a footman).
synonyms: flunkey, flunky.
Roget 746:
subject,
liegeman†;
servant,
retainer,
follower,
henchman,
servitor,
domestic,
menial,
help,
lady help,
employe,
attache;
official.
retinue,
suite,
cortege,
staff,
court.
attendant,
squire,
usher,
page,
donzel†,
footboy†;
train bearer,
cup bearer;
waiter,
lapster†,
butler,
livery servant,
lackey,
footman,
flunky,
flunkey,
valet,
valet de chambre [Fr.];
equerry,
groom;
jockey,
hostler,
ostler†,
tiger,
orderly,
messenger,
cad,
gillie†,
herdsman,
swineherd;
barkeeper,
bartender;
bell boy,
boots,
boy,
counterjumper†;
khansamah†,
khansaman†;
khitmutgar†;
yardman.
bailiff,
castellan†,
seneschal,
chamberlain,
major-domo†,
groom of the chambers.
secretary;
under secretary,
assistant secretary;
clerk;
subsidiary;
agent
etc.
758;
subaltern;
underling,
understrapper;
man.
maid,
maidservant;
handmaid;
confidente [Fr.],
lady's maid,
abigail,
soubrette;
amah†,
biddy,
nurse,
bonne [Fr.],
ayah†;
nursemaid,
nursery maid,
house maid,
parlor maid,
waiting maid,
chamber maid,
kitchen maid,
scullery maid;
femme de chambre [Fr.],
femme fille [Fr.];
camarista†;
chef de cuisine,
cordon bleu [Fr.],
cook,
scullion,
Cinderella;
potwalloper†;
maid of all work,
servant of all work;
laundress,
bedmaker†;
journeyman,
charwoman
etc.
(worker)
690;
bearer,
chokra†,
gyp
(Cambridge),
hamal†,
scout
(Oxford).
serf,
vassal,
slave,
negro,
helot;
bondsman,
bondswoman†;
bondslave†;
ame damnee [Fr.],
odalisque,
ryot†,
adscriptus gleboe [Lat.];
villian†,
villein;
beadsman†,
bedesman†;
sizar†;
pensioner,
pensionary†;
client;
dependant,
dependent;
hanger on,
satellite;
parasite
etc.
(servility)
886;
led captain;
protege [Fr.],
ward,
hireling,
mercenary,
puppet,
tool,
creature.
badge of slavery;
bonds
etc.
752.
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Dutch: lakei
Polish: lokaj
2 lackey
A person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage.
synonyms: ass-kisser, crawler, sycophant, toady.
Dutch: sycofant, fleemkous, flemer, flikflooier, gatlikker, hielenlikker, kontkruiper, kontlikker, kruiper, ogendienaar, sijsjeslijmer, slijmbal, slijmerd, slippedrager, slippendrager, strooplikker, stroopsmeerder ... show more
Polish: przydupas, wazeliniarz, przytupas
Moby thesaurus: adherent, apple-polisher, ass-licker, backscratcher, backslapper, bootlick, bootlicker, brown-nose, brownie, clawback, courtier, creature, cringer, dependent, disciple, dummy, dupe, fawner, feudatory, figurehead, flatterer, flunky, follower, footlicker, footman, gillie, goon, groveler, handshaker, hanger-on, helot, henchman, homager, inferior, instrument, jackal, kowtower, led captain, lickspit, lickspittle, liege, liege man, liveried servant, man, mealymouth, minion, myrmidon, peon, puppet, retainer, satellite, serf, slave, spaniel, stooge, subordinate, suck, sycophant, thug, timeserver, toad, toady, tool, truckler, tufthunter, underling, understrapper, vassal, votary, yeoman, yes-man ... show more.
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