'Flunky' definitions:
Definition of 'flunky'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Flunky'
From: GCIDE
- Flunky \Flun"ky\ (fl[u^][ng]"k[y^]), n.; pl. Flunkies (fl[u^][ng]"k[i^]z). [Prob. fr. or akin to flank.] [Written also flunkey.]
- 1. A contemptuous name for a liveried servant or a footman. [1913 Webster]
- 2. One who is obsequious or cringing; a snob. [1913 Webster]
- 3. One easily deceived in buying stocks; an inexperienced and unwary jobber. [Cant, U.S.] [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'flunky'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- adherent,
- appendage,
- apple-polisher,
- ass-licker,
- attendant,
- backscratcher,
- backslapper,
- blue-collar worker,
- bootlick,
- bootlicker,
- breadwinner,
- brown-nose,
- brownie,
- buff,
- casual,
- casual laborer,
- cavaliere servente,
- clawback,
- cog,
- common laborer,
- commonality,
- commonalty,
- courtier,
- creature,
- cringer,
- dangler,
- day laborer,
- dependent,
- disciple,
- dummy,
- dupe,
- employee,
- factory worker,
- fan,
- fawner,
- feudatory,
- figurehead,
- flatterer,
- follower,
- following,
- footlicker,
- footman,
- free lance,
- free-lancer,
- full-time worker,
- gillie,
- goon,
- groveler,
- hand,
- handshaker,
- hanger-on,
- helot,
- henchman,
- hoi polloi,
- homager,
- homme de cour,
- industrial worker,
- inferior,
- instrument,
- jackal,
- jobber,
- jobholder,
- junior,
- kowtower,
- laborer,
- laboring man,
- lackey,
- led captain,
- lickspit,
- lickspittle,
- liege,
- liege man,
- lightweight,
- liveried servant,
- lower class,
- lower orders,
- man,
- masses,
- mealymouth,
- menial,
- migrant,
- minion,
- moiler,
- myrmidon,
- navvy,
- office temporary,
- parasite,
- partisan,
- pawn,
- peon,
- proletarian,
- public,
- puppet,
- pursuer,
- pursuivant,
- retainer,
- roustabout,
- salaried worker,
- satellite,
- second fiddle,
- secondary,
- sectary,
- self-employed person,
- serf,
- servant,
- shadow,
- slave,
- spaniel,
- stiff,
- stooge,
- subaltern,
- subordinate,
- successor,
- suck,
- supporter,
- sycophant,
- tagtail,
- tail,
- temporary,
- third stringer,
- thug,
- timeserver,
- toad,
- toady,
- toiler,
- tool,
- trainbearer,
- truckler,
- tufthunter,
- underling,
- understrapper,
- vassal,
- votary,
- wage earner,
- wage slave,
- wageworker,
- ward heeler,
- worker,
- workgirl,
- workhand,
- working girl,
- workingman,
- workingwoman,
- workman,
- yeoman,
- yes-man