LACKEY Synonyms: 49 Similar and Opposite Words

lackey

noun

ˈla-kē

Definition of lackey next

as in servant

a person hired to perform household or personal services we sent the lackey out to get doughnuts for the office

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Recent Examples of lackey The first principle of Chavismo, the movement created by Maduro’s predecessor, Hugo Chávez, is that Chavistas are locked in a permanent struggle with the imperialist United States and its lackeys in the Venezuelan oligarchy. —

Ivan Briscoe, Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2019 Long dismissed as a lackey or a laughingstock (thanks to his looks and his limp), the former driver turned factory manager spots an opportunity where others only see catastrophe. —

Ben Travers, IndieWire, 12 Sep. 2024 His reporting was ridiculed and he was called a government lackey. —

James Jeffrey, Foreign Affairs, 7 Nov. 2016 Rory, Coby and their liaison, a lackey named Scalvo (singer Jack Harlow, hammiest), will intercept the loot and bring it back to the kingpin. —

David Fear, Rolling Stone, 1 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for lackey