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
Kelly’s lackeys dropped off meals, often delivered with a specific code knock on the door.
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Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 31 Jan. 2026
Government institutions run by lackeys are also more easily manipulated by autocratic leaders, and no longer serve the public interest.
—Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic, 30 Jan. 2026
And SpongeBob, determined to not be just a bubble blowing baby boy, is set off on his own odyssey that takes him and his jolly starfish sidekick Patrick (Bill Fagerbakke) on a madcap adventure to the underworld with the ghost of The Flying Dutchman ( Mark Hamill ) and his lackey Barb (Regina Hall).
—Lindsey Bahr, Boston Herald, 20 Dec. 2025
Tony & Ziva wrapped its rollercoaster of an espionage tale Thursday with an intense finale, which picked up with the titular pair once again going in search of their daughter Tali after she’s kidnapped by Jonah Markham’s (Julian Ovendon) lackeys.
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 23 Oct. 2025
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Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 31 Jan. 2026
Government institutions run by lackeys are also more easily manipulated by autocratic leaders, and no longer serve the public interest.
—Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic, 30 Jan. 2026
And SpongeBob, determined to not be just a bubble blowing baby boy, is set off on his own odyssey that takes him and his jolly starfish sidekick Patrick (Bill Fagerbakke) on a madcap adventure to the underworld with the ghost of The Flying Dutchman ( Mark Hamill ) and his lackey Barb (Regina Hall).
—Lindsey Bahr, Boston Herald, 20 Dec. 2025
Tony & Ziva wrapped its rollercoaster of an espionage tale Thursday with an intense finale, which picked up with the titular pair once again going in search of their daughter Tali after she’s kidnapped by Jonah Markham’s (Julian Ovendon) lackeys.
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 23 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lackey
servant
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According to the Michigan Attorney General's office, 64-year-old Kellie Lauwers, of Yale, is charged with one count of embezzlement by an agent or servant of $20,000 or more but less than $50,000 and one count of using a computer to commit a crime.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
10 Mar. 2026
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Inside the house, the head servant and seamstress sabotaged him to advance her own child; in the fields, overseers beat him for the slightest offense.—
Regina E. Mason,
The Atlantic,
7 Mar. 2026
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“Lackey.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lackey. Accessed 18 Mar. 2026.
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