EGAVE

lackey

About 0.30 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun A footman, a liveried male servant.
  2. noun A fawning, servile follower.
  3. verb To attend, wait upon, serve obsequiously.
  4. verb To toady, play the flunky.

Similar words

flunkey flunky toady sycophant crawler stooge fast quick hurry lacky

Often followed by

of to and in who was for or had

Word family

lackey moth lackeyed lackeying lackeys

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