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lackey

noun

1 lackeys were waiting to help them from their carriage:

servant, flunkey, footman, manservant, valet, liveried servant, steward, butler, equerry, retainer, vassal, page, attendant, houseboy, domestic, drudge, factotum;

British, informal skivvy;

archaic scullion.

2 a rich man's lackey:

toady, flunkey, sycophant, flatterer, minion, doormat, spaniel, stooge, hanger-on, lickspittle, parasite;

tool, puppet, instrument, pawn, subordinate, underling, creature, cat's paw;

informal yes-man, bootlicker;

British, informal dogsbody;

North American, informal suck-up.