lackey
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Lackey \Lack"ey\, n.; pl. {Lackeys}. [F. laquais; cf. Sp. & Pg.
lacayo; of uncertain origin; perh. of German origin, and akin
to E. lick, v.]
An attending male servant; a footman; a servile follower.
[1913 Webster]
Like a Christian footboy or a gentleman's lackey.
--Shak.
[1913 Webster]
{Lackey caterpillar} (Zool.), the caterpillar, or larva, of
any bombycid moth of the genus {Clisiocampa}; -- so called
from its party-colored markings. The common European
species ({Clisiocampa neustria}) is striped with blue,
yellow, and red, with a white line on the back. The
American species ({Clisiocampa Americana} and {Clisiocampa
sylvatica}) are commonly called {tent caterpillars}. See
{Tent caterpillar}, under {Tent}.
{Lackey moth} (Zool.), the moth which produces the lackey
caterpillar.
[1913 Webster]
from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
71 Moby Thesaurus words for "lackey":
adherent, apple-polisher, ass-licker, backscratcher, backslapper,
bootlick, bootlicker, brown-nose, brownie, clawback, courtier,
creature, cringer, dependent, disciple, dummy, dupe, fawner,
feudatory, figurehead, flatterer, flunky, follower, footlicker,
footman, gillie, goon, groveler, handshaker, hanger-on, helot,
henchman, homager, inferior, instrument, jackal, kowtower,
led captain, lickspit, lickspittle, liege, liege man,
liveried servant, man, mealymouth, minion, myrmidon, peon, puppet,
retainer, satellite, serf, slave, spaniel, stooge, subordinate,
suck, sycophant, thug, timeserver, toad, toady, tool, truckler,
tufthunter, underling, understrapper, vassal, votary, yeoman,
yes-man
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