Associations to the word «Lackey»

Wiktionary

LACKEY, noun. A footman, a liveried male servant.
LACKEY, noun. A fawning, servile follower; a lickspittle.
LACKEY, verb. (transitive) To attend, wait upon, serve obsequiously
LACKEY, verb. (intransitive) (obsolete) To toady, play the flunky

Dictionary definition

LACKEY, noun. A male servant (especially a footman).
LACKEY, noun. A person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage.

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King