lackey

or lac·quey

[ lak-ee ]

noun

, plural lack·eys.

1. a servile follower; toady.
2. a footman or liveried manservant.

verb (used with object)

, lack·eyed, lack·ey·ing.

1. to attend as a lackey does.

lackey

/ ˈlækɪ /

noun

1. a servile follower; hanger-on
2. a liveried male servant or valet
3. a person who is treated like a servant

verb

1. whenintr, often foll by for to act as a lackey (to)

Other Words From

• un·lackeyed adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of lackey¹

1520–30; < Middle French laquais, perhaps < Catalan lacayo, alacayo < ?

Word History and Origins

Origin of lackey¹

C16: via French laquais, from Old French, perhaps from Catalan lacayo, alacayo; perhaps related to alcalde

Example Sentences

“I have no beef with moving toward electric vehicles,” Lackey told The Times.

From Los Angeles Times

First, Lackey wants safety regulations to be implemented statewide and fire departments to be educated on how to combat these blazes.

From Los Angeles Times

Appeals by Trump’s defense team could ultimately land the case before a sympathetic Supreme Court majority, which may well decide to expand its definition of official conduct, but Smith at least removed the most obviously now-problematic allegations: namely, that Trump and conspired with a Justice Department lackey, Jeffrey Clark, “to use the Justice Department to open sham election crime investigations and influence state legislatures with knowingly false claims of election fraud.”

From Salon

Republican Assemblymember Tom Lackey of Palmdale said that although he supports the bill, he felt it was a “very unfair characterization” to compare the repatriation with current day immigration.

From Los Angeles Times

“The issue of illegal immigration is a very emotional issue,” Lackey said.

From Los Angeles Times