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
One of Knuckles’ many lackeys ultimately finds Rose by … going to her apartment building, where her name is prominently displayed on her mailbox?
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Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 6 Feb. 2025
Federal employees shouldn't be misled by slick talk from unelected billionaires and their lackeys.
—Kristan Hawkins, Newsweek, 6 Feb. 2025
By building a social and political movement that gave him coercive power over the Republican Party, Trump systematically demolished many of the nation’s long-standing norms, ushering in a cohort of lackeys who will enable his most autocratic impulses.
—Eric Cortellessa, TIME, 6 Nov. 2024
The current cast is rounded out by Alison Brie, who will play another Skeletor lackey, Evil-Lyn, Idris Elba, who will play the noble Man-at-Arms, and Riverdale's Camila Mendes as Teela, Man-at-Arms's daughter and He-Man's right-hand woman.
—Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 21 Dec. 2024
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Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 6 Feb. 2025
Federal employees shouldn't be misled by slick talk from unelected billionaires and their lackeys.
—Kristan Hawkins, Newsweek, 6 Feb. 2025
By building a social and political movement that gave him coercive power over the Republican Party, Trump systematically demolished many of the nation’s long-standing norms, ushering in a cohort of lackeys who will enable his most autocratic impulses.
—Eric Cortellessa, TIME, 6 Nov. 2024
The current cast is rounded out by Alison Brie, who will play another Skeletor lackey, Evil-Lyn, Idris Elba, who will play the noble Man-at-Arms, and Riverdale's Camila Mendes as Teela, Man-at-Arms's daughter and He-Man's right-hand woman.
—Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 21 Dec. 2024
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“Lackey.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lackey. Accessed 7 Apr. 2025.
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