'Lackey' definitions:
Definition of 'lackey'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Lackey'
From: GCIDE
- Lackey \Lack"ey\, v. t. To attend as a lackey; to wait upon. [1913 Webster]
- A thousand liveried angels lackey her. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Lackey'
From: GCIDE
Definition of 'Lackey'
From: GCIDE
- Lackey \Lack"ey\, n.; pl. Lackeys. [F. laquais; cf. Sp. & Pg. lacayo; of uncertain origin; perh. of German origin, and akin to E. lick, v.] An attending male servant; a footman; a servile follower. [1913 Webster]
- Like a Christian footboy or a gentleman's lackey. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Lackey caterpillar (Zool.), the caterpillar, or larva, of any bombycid moth of the genus Clisiocampa; -- so called from its party-colored markings. The common European species (Clisiocampa neustria) is striped with blue, yellow, and red, with a white line on the back. The American species (Clisiocampa Americana and {Clisiocampa sylvatica}) are commonly called tent caterpillars. See Tent caterpillar, under Tent.
- Lackey moth (Zool.), the moth which produces the lackey caterpillar. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'lackey'
From: 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