Definitions for: Lackey


[n] a male servant (especially a footman)
[n] a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage



Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Like a Christian footboy or a gentleman's lackey.
--Shak.

Lackey caterpillar (Zo["o]l.), the caterpillar, or larva,
of any bombycid moth of the genus Clisiocampa; -- so
called from its party-colored markings. The common
European species (C. neustria) is striped with blue,
yellow, and red, with a white line on the back. The
American species (C. Americana and C. sylvatica) are
commonly called tent caterpillars. See {Tent
caterpillar}, under Tent.

Lackey moth (Zo["o]l.), the moth which produces the lackey
caterpillar.


Lack"ey, v. t.
To attend as a lackey; to wait upon.

A thousand liveried angels lackey her. --Milton.


Lack"ey, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Lackeyed; p. pr. & vb.
n. Lackeying.]
To act or serve as lackey; to pay servile attendance.

Synonyms: crawler, flunkey, flunky, sycophant, toady

See Also: adulator, apple polisher, ass-kisser, bootlicker, fawner, flatterer, goody-goody, groveler, groveller, retainer, servant, truckler

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