Definition/Meaning of lackey

• English - Noun: lackey ( plural lackeys ) A footman , a liveried male servant . A fawning , servile follower; a lickspittle . Derived terms lackey caterpillar lackey moth Translations
• English - Verb: lackey ( third-person singular simple present lackeys , present participle lackeying , simple past and past participle lackeyed ) ( transitive ) To attend , wait upon , serve obsequiously Milton A thousand liveried angels lackey her . ( intransitive , obsolete ) To toady , play the flunky
• English - Alternative forms: lacquey (verb only)
• English - Etymology: Middle French laquais , which is probably (via Old Provençal lacai ?) from Spanish lacayo , itself perhaps from Italian lacchè and Greek λακές ( lakés ), from Turkish ulak . Another possibility is through French , from Catalan alacay , from Arabic القاضي ( al-qāḍī , “ magistrate ” ). See French laquais .
• English - Pronunciation: IPA (key) : /ˈlæ.ki/ Rhymes: -æki