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noun
1.
a servile follower; toady.
2.
a footman or liveried manservant.
verb (used with object)
3.
to attend as a lackey does.
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Lackey
is one of our favorite verbs.
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| to spend time idly; loaf. |
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Also, lacquey.
Origin:
1520–30; < Middle French laquais, perhaps < Catalan lacayo, alacayo < ?
1520–30; < Middle French laquais, perhaps < Catalan lacayo, alacayo < ?
Related forms
un·lack·eyed, adjective
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Example Sentences
- At any rate syria these days is a shadow of its former self and unfortunately a lackey of the iranian regime.
- In danger of humiliation, he sent a lackey to sit in for him.
- After all, helicopter ben is a cheap suit who has quickly replaced greenspan as their chief lackey.
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Word Origin & History
lackey
1529, "footman, running footman, valet," from M.Fr. laquais "foot soldier, footman, servant" (15c.), probably from O.Prov. lacai, from lecai "glutton, covetous," from lecar "to lick." Alternative etymology is via Fr. from Catalan alacay, from Arabic al-qadi "the judge." Yet another guess traces it through
EXPANDSp. lacayo, from It. lacchè, from Mod.Gk. oulakes, from Turk. ulak "runner, courier." This suits the original sense better, but OED says It. lacchè is from French. Sense of "servile follower" appeared 1588. As a political term of abuse it dates from 1939 in communist jargon.
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