Lackey

Definition of lackey:

part of speech: noun

A menial attendant: a footman or footboy.

part of speech: noun

A footman; menial.

part of speech: noun

An attendant of low rank; a footman. Also, lacquey.

part of speech: noun

To pay servile attendance: to act as a footman.

Usage examples for lackey:

• But then I am but an indifferent lackey "Anthony Lyveden", Dornford Yates.

• One evening he was riding in his carriage, returning from a visit to the Hotel de Coislin, without torches, and with only one servant behind, when he felt so ill that he drew the string, and made his lackey get up to tell him whether his mouth was not all on one side. "The Memoirs of Louis XIV., His Court and The Regency, Complete", Duc de Saint-Simon.

• A hoarse, dull barking rang out, but not even the dog showed himself; the lackey again prepared to leap down, and again shouted: " Hey!" "A Nobleman's Nest", Ivan Turgenieff.

• One cannot keep a von Hetzler waiting like a lackey for a scrap of ribbon and a bit of lace. "Cleek: the Man of the Forty Faces", Thomas W. Hanshew.