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lack·ey

Audio Help [lak-ee] Pronunciation Key noun, plural -eys, verb, -eyed, -ey·ing.

–noun

1.	a servile follower; toady.

2.	a footman or liveried manservant.

–verb (used with object)

3.	to attend as a lackey does.

Also, lacquey.

[Origin: 1520–30; < MF laquais, perh. < Catalan lacayo, alacayo < ?

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lack·ey Audio Help (lāk'ē) Pronunciation Key
n. pl. lack·eys

A liveried male servant; a footman.
A servile follower; a toady.

v.   lack·eyed, lack·ey·ing, lack·eys

v.   tr.
To wait on as a footman; attend.

v.   intr.
To act in a servile manner; fawn.

[French laquais, from Old French.]

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