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.
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Like a Christian footboy or a gentleman's lackey.
--Shak.
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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.
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Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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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
Source: Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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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.
Like a Christian footboy or a gentleman's lackey.
--Shak.
Lackey caterpillar (Zo["o]l.), the caterpillar, or larva,
of any bombycid moth of the genus Clisiocampa; -- so
called from its party-colored markings. The common
European species (C. neustria) is striped with blue,
yellow, and red, with a white line on the back. The
American species (C. Americana and C. sylvatica) are
commonly called tent caterpillars. See Tent
caterpillar, under Tent.
Lackey moth (Zo["o]l.), the moth which produces the lackey
caterpillar.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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