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   lackey

   /ˈlaki/

   noun

   • 1. a servant, especially a liveried footman or manservant: "lackeys were waiting to help them from the carriage" Similar servantflunkeyfootmanmanservantvaletliveried servantstewardbutlerequerryretainervassalpageattendanthouseboydomesticdrudgefactotuminformal:skivvyarchaic:scullion
   • ▪ a person who is obsequiously willing to obey or serve another person: derogatory "he denied that he was the lackey of the Chief Secretary to the Treasury" Similar toadyflunkeysycophantflattererminiondoormatspanielstoogehanger-onlickspittleparasitetoolpuppetinstrumentpawnsubordinateunderlingcreaturecat's pawinformal:yes-manbootlickerdogsbodysuck-up
   • 2. a brownish European moth of woods and hedgerows, the caterpillars of which live communally in a silken tent on the food tree.

   verb

   • 1. behave in a servile way towards (someone): archaic "he had lacqueyed and flattered Walpole"

   Word Origin early 16th century: from French laquais, perhaps from Catalan alacay, from Arabic al-qā'id‘the chief’.

   Scrabble Points: 15

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