flunky
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daily [British], domestic, lackey, menial, retainer, servant, slavey, steward
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Grindelwald is surrounded with flunkies with no personality or purpose. — Tasha Robinson, The Verge, "Even for the Harry Potter hardcore, Crimes of Grindelwald is one convoluted movie," 8 Nov. 2018 There’s an oh-so-English affect to the staffers guiding visitors from the station to the entrance, kitted out in scarlet red capes and pillbox hats like flunkies on loan from Buckingham Palace. — Mark Ellwood, Condé Nast Traveler, "How Chinese Tourists Are Changing the Travel Landscape," 2 Nov. 2018 His flunkies, as documented in a House investigation, simply were looking for a impressive-sounding number to serve the administration’s political interests at the time. — Holman W. Jenkins, WSJ, "Fuel-Mileage Rules Are No Help to the Climate," 3 Aug. 2018 And he's surrounded himself with other racists who want the same thing, or spineless flunkies who will enable and cover for him. — Luke Darby, GQ, "The Trump Administration Doesn’t Care About What Happens to Detained Immigrant Children," 16 May 2018 The writer of the story, Maggie Haberman, a Hillary flunky, knows nothing about me and is not given access. — Joseph Weber, Fox News, "Trump slams NY Times' Haberman as 'Hillary flunky'; rips paper over Russia, lawyers story," 11 Mar. 2018 Who, if anyone, among potential 2020 Democratic candidates, strikes fear in the hearts of the president of the United States and his advisers, allies, and flunkies? — Ed Kilgore, Daily Intelligencer, "There’s a Long List of Democrats Trump Should Fear in 2020. Biden Isn’t One of Them.," 16 Jan. 2018 The writer of the story, Maggie Haberman, a Hillary flunky, knows nothing about me and is not given access. — Joseph Weber, Fox News, "Trump slams NY Times' Haberman as 'Hillary flunky'; rips paper over Russia, lawyers story," 11 Mar. 2018 Of course, Trump flunkies like Conway and Stephen Miller have nothing of substance to add to any topic or conversation. — Luke Darby, GQ, "Kellyanne Conway Is Back on the Air and Still Doing All the Same Nonsense," 22 Apr. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'flunky.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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