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lackey
lack·ey L0008700 (lăk′ē)n. pl. lack·eys 1. A servile follower; a toady.2. A liveried male servant; a footman.v. lack·eyed, lack·ey·ing, lack·eys v.tr. To wait on as a footman; attend.v.intr. To act in a servile manner; fawn. [French laquais, from Middle French alagues, lacayz, military valet, perhaps ultimately (via Byzantine Greek oulakēs) from Ottoman Turkish ulak, courier; akin to Old Turkic ulaq, stage horse, relay horse, postal delivery, from ulamaq, to join, connect.]lackey (ˈlækɪ) n1. a servile follower; hanger-on2. (Professions) a liveried male servant or valet3. a person who is treated like a servantvb (when: intr, often foll by for) to act as a lackey (to) Also (rare): lacquey [C16: via French laquais, from Old French, perhaps from Catalan lacayo, alacayo; perhaps related to alcalde]lack•ey (ˈlæk i) n., pl. -eys, v. n. 1. a servile follower; toady. 2. a liveried manservant; footman. v.t. 3. to serve obsequiously. [1520–30; < Middle French laquais] lackey Past participle: lackeyed Gerund: lackeying
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I lackey | you lackey | he/she/it lackeys | we lackey | you lackey | they lackey |
Preterite |
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I lackeyed | you lackeyed | he/she/it lackeyed | we lackeyed | you lackeyed | they lackeyed |
Present Continuous |
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I am lackeying | you are lackeying | he/she/it is lackeying | we are lackeying | you are lackeying | they are lackeying |
Present Perfect |
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I have lackeyed | you have lackeyed | he/she/it has lackeyed | we have lackeyed | you have lackeyed | they have lackeyed |
Past Continuous |
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I was lackeying | you were lackeying | he/she/it was lackeying | we were lackeying | you were lackeying | they were lackeying |
Past Perfect |
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I had lackeyed | you had lackeyed | he/she/it had lackeyed | we had lackeyed | you had lackeyed | they had lackeyed |
Future |
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I will lackey | you will lackey | he/she/it will lackey | we will lackey | you will lackey | they will lackey |
Future Perfect |
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I will have lackeyed | you will have lackeyed | he/she/it will have lackeyed | we will have lackeyed | you will have lackeyed | they will have lackeyed |
Future Continuous |
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I will be lackeying | you will be lackeying | he/she/it will be lackeying | we will be lackeying | you will be lackeying | they will be lackeying |
Present Perfect Continuous |
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I have been lackeying | you have been lackeying | he/she/it has been lackeying | we have been lackeying | you have been lackeying | they have been lackeying |
Future Perfect Continuous |
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I will have been lackeying | you will have been lackeying | he/she/it will have been lackeying | we will have been lackeying | you will have been lackeying | they will have been lackeying |
Past Perfect Continuous |
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I had been lackeying | you had been lackeying | he/she/it had been lackeying | we had been lackeying | you had been lackeying | they had been lackeying |
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I would lackey | you would lackey | he/she/it would lackey | we would lackey | you would lackey | they would lackey |
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I would have lackeyed | you would have lackeyed | he/she/it would have lackeyed | we would have lackeyed | you would have lackeyed | they would have lackeyed | ThesaurusNoun | 1. | lackey - a male servant (especially a footman)flunkey, flunkyservant, retainer - a person working in the service of another (especially in the household) | | 2. | lackey - a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantageass-kisser, crawler, sycophant, toadyapple polisher, bootlicker, fawner, groveler, groveller, truckler - someone who humbles himself as a sign of respect; who behaves as if he had no self-respectadulator, flatterer - a person who uses flatterygoody-goody - a person who behaves extremely well in order to please a superior |
lackeynoun hanger-on, fawner, pawn, attendant, tool, instrument, parasite, cohort (chiefly U.S.), valet, menial, minion, footman, sycophant, yes-man, manservant, toady, flunky, brown-noser (taboo slang), flatterer, ass-kisser (U.S. & Canad. taboo slang), varlet (archaic) I'm not staying as a paid lackey to act as your yes-man.TranslationsEncyclopediaSeeLackey MothAcronymsSeeLKlackey
Synonyms for lackeynoun hanger-onSynonyms- hanger-on
- fawner
- pawn
- attendant
- tool
- instrument
- parasite
- cohort
- valet
- menial
- minion
- footman
- sycophant
- yes-man
- manservant
- toady
- flunky
- brown-noser
- flatterer
- ass-kisser
- varlet
Synonyms for lackeynoun a male servant (especially a footman)SynonymsRelated Wordsnoun a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantageSynonyms- ass-kisser
- crawler
- sycophant
- toady
Related Words- apple polisher
- bootlicker
- fawner
- groveler
- groveller
- truckler
- adulator
- flatterer
- goody-goody
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