Definitions for lackey
ˈlæk ilack·ey

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. lackey, flunky, flunkeynoun

   a male servant (especially a footman)

2. sycophant, toady, crawler, lackey, ass-kissernoun

   a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. lackeynoun

   A footman, a liveried male servant.

2. lackeynoun

   A fawning, servile follower; a lickspittle.

3. lackeyverb

   To attend, wait upon, serve obsequiously

4. lackeyverb

   To toady, play the flunky

5. Etymology: laquais, which is probably (via lacai?) from lacayo, itself perhaps from lacchè and λακές, from ulak. Another possibility is through, from alacay, from قاضي. See French laquais.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Lackeynoun

   An attending servant; a foot-boy.

   Etymology: lacquais, French.

   They would shame to make me
   Wait else at door: a fellow counsellor,
   ’Mong boys, and grooms, and lackeys! William Shakespeare, Hen. VIII.

   Though his youthful blood be fir’d with wine,
   He’s cautious to avoid the coach and six,
   And on the lackeys will no quarrel fix. John Dryden, Juvenal.

   Lacqueys were never so saucy and pragmatical as they are now-a-days. Joseph Addison, Spectator, №. 481.

2. To Lackeyverb

   To attend servilely. I know not whether John Milton has used this word very properly.

   Etymology: from the noun.

   This common body,
   Like to a vagabond flag upon the stream,
   Goes to, and back, lacqueying the varying tide,
   To rot itself with motion. William Shakespeare, Ant. and Cleopatra.

   So dear to heav’n is saintly chastity,
   That when a soul is found sincerely so,
   A thousand liveried angels lackey her,
   Driving far off each thing of sin and guilt. John Milton.

3. To Lackeyverb

   To act as a foot-boy; to pay servile attendance.

   Oft have I servants seen on horses ride,
   The free and noble lacquey by their side. George Sandys, Par.

   Our Italian translator of the Æneis is a foot poet; he lackeys by the side of Virgil , but never mounts behind him. John Dryden, Æn. Ded.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. lackey

   A lackey is a person who is excessively willing to serve or obey another person, often used in a derogatory sense implying subservience or deference to a superior. It typically refers to someone who follows orders unquestioningly, often for personal gain.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Lackey

   an attending male servant; a footman; a servile follower

2. Lackeyverb

   to attend as a lackey; to wait upon

3. Lackeyverb

   to act or serve as lackey; to pay servile attendance

4. Etymology: [F. laquais; cf. Sp. & Pg. lacayo; of uncertain origin; perh. of German origin, and akin to E. lick, v.]

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Lackey

   A lackey or lacquey is a term for a uniformed manservant, in its original meaning. The modern connotation of "servile follower" appeared later, in 1588.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Lackey

   lak′i, n. a menial attendant: a footman or footboy.—v.t. and v.i. to pay servile attendance: to act as a footman. [O. Fr. laquay (Fr. laquais)—Sp. lacayo, a lackey; perh. Ar. luka‛, servile.]

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. LACKEY

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Lackey is ranked #1996 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Lackey surname appeared 18,082 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 6 would have the surname Lackey.
   
   84% or 15,202 total occurrences were White.
   10.3% or 1,875 total occurrences were Black.
   2.1% or 391 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   1.9% or 351 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   0.9% or 175 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
   0.4% or 89 total occurrences were Asian.

Matched Categories

1. • Flatterer
   • Servant

How to pronounce lackey?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of lackey in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of lackey in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of lackey in a Sentence

1. Nicolas Maduro:

   I was seeing reports of some empty speeches by right-wing, unpopular, murderous, imperialist lackey presidents, it's shameful seeing those presidents, hated by their peoples, speak about Venezuela's noble people.

2. Renzo Olivari:

   Glenn Youngkin brags he's honored to have Donald Trump's endorsement, so it's no surprise he's campaigning with another Trump lackey who shares his opposition to women's access to health care and Medicaid expansion.

3. Sheldon Whitehouse:

   The stakes are too high to allow the president to install an unconfirmed lackey to lead the Department of Justice — a lackey whose stated purpose, apparently, is undermining a major investigation into the president.

4. Phil Bredesen:

   You've heard a lot recently of this campaign about me, about these crazy ideas about if somehow I'm elected and go to Washington, suddenly I'm going to turn my back on a whole lifetime of thinking for Phil Bredesen and being independent and suddenly become some kind of a political lackey, that's not going to happen for a bunch of reasons. One of them is that I think a lot of the problem in Washington is with the leadership that we have there now. Whether it be( House Speaker Paul) Ryan or( Democratic Leader Nancy) Pelosi or( Senate Majority Leader) McConnell or Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, they're not doing the job.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=lackey
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Lackey
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=lackey
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lackey
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=lackey
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=lackey
8. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html