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LACKEY

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Dictionary entry overview: What does lackey mean?

• LACKEY (noun)
The noun LACKEY has 2 senses:

1. a male servant (especially a footman)
2. a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage

Familiarity information: LACKEY used as a noun is rare.

Dictionary entry details

• LACKEY (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A male servant (especially a footman)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

flunkey; flunky; lackey

Hypernyms ("lackey" is a kind of...):

retainer; servant (a person working in the service of another (especially in the household))

Sense 2

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Meaning:

A person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

crawler; sycophant; toady; lackey

Hypernyms ("lackey" is a kind of...):

adulator; flatterer (a person who uses flattery)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "lackey"):

apple polisher; ass-kisser; bootlicker; fawner; groveler; groveller; truckler (someone who humbles himself as a sign of respect; who behaves as if he had no self-respect)

goody-goody (a person who behaves extremely well in order to please a superior)

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