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
But framing Paul American as a retrospection on labor, with the boys and their family and their lackeys gassing them up over and over, just isn’t that interesting.
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Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 28 Mar. 2025
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
There’s fat chance of that when political lackeys and incompetent appointees are elevated to high positions.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 26 Oct. 2024
The long-tail effect of all this is to make Quinn and all his many lackeys seem as toothless a threat as Zachary Beck is.
—Chris Klimek, Vulture, 6 Mar. 2025
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Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 28 Mar. 2025
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
There’s fat chance of that when political lackeys and incompetent appointees are elevated to high positions.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 26 Oct. 2024
The long-tail effect of all this is to make Quinn and all his many lackeys seem as toothless a threat as Zachary Beck is.
—Chris Klimek, Vulture, 6 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lackey
servant
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Advertisement What Fellowes can’t countenance are privileged people who lack the magnanimity befitting their rank and, most of all, servants who are insufficiently grateful to their benevolent employers.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
20 June 2025
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Simone’s job is to make life hell for the family’s other servants, including property manager Jose (Felix Solis), head chef Patrice (Lauren Weedman), and Missy (Britne Oldford), who doesn’t appear to have a specific job.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
22 May 2025
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“Lackey.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lackey. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.
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