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
And is order based on legalized violence and theft really order?
Bulgakov would have had little time for a Bolshevik lackey like Samson.
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Uilleam Blacker, The Atlantic, 4 June 2025
Orwell’s warnings apply across the board, not just when obvious despots and lackeys let their fascist flags fly.
—Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 17 May 2025
Shawn reluctantly agrees, but is humiliated when Cory starts acting corny around his friend Gambling Dan (Phil Buckman), and his lackey, Louie (Weiss).
—EW.com, 16 Apr. 2025
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.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 28 Mar. 2025
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Uilleam Blacker, The Atlantic, 4 June 2025
Orwell’s warnings apply across the board, not just when obvious despots and lackeys let their fascist flags fly.
—Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 17 May 2025
Shawn reluctantly agrees, but is humiliated when Cory starts acting corny around his friend Gambling Dan (Phil Buckman), and his lackey, Louie (Weiss).
—EW.com, 16 Apr. 2025
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.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 28 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for lackey
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lackey
servant
Noun
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Stories of haughty people scheming and plucky servants improving alarm clocks attract smaller audiences than, say, trench warfare.—
Elle Carroll,
Vulture,
11 Aug. 2025
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Well, Agnes is aware that Mrs. Winterton used to be a servant.—
Maureen Lee Lenker Published,
EW.com,
11 Aug. 2025
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“Lackey.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lackey. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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