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- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
lackey \lack"ey\, v. t.
to attend as a lackey; to wait upon.
1913 webster
a thousand liveried angels lackey her. --milton.
1913 webster
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
lackey \lack"ey\, v. i. imp. p. p. lackeyed; p. pr. vb.
n. lackeying.
to act or serve as lackey; to pay servile attendance.
1913 webster lackluster
see also:
lackeyed lackeying
- [3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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
see also:
lackeys lackey caterpillar clisiocampa clisiocampa neustria clisiocampa americana clisiocampa sylvatica
tent caterpillars tent caterpillar tent lackey moth
- [4] : WordNet (r) 2.0
lackey
n 1: a male servant especially a footman syn: flunky, flunkey
2: a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a
personal advantage syn: sycophant, toady, crawler
see also:
flunky flunkey sycophant toady crawler
- [5] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
71 moby thesaurus words for "lackey":
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
- [6] : U.S. Gazetteer (1990)
lackey, ky
zip codes: 41643
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