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Meanings of lackey in English

Russian
лакей
Portuguese
lacaio
Spanish
lacayo
Catalan
lacai
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Uniformed manservant.

          Related terms
          лакей
          Portuguese
          puxa-saco
          Catalan
          pilota
          Spanish
          pelota

          A person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage.

                puxa-saco
                Catalan
                lacai

                A male servant (especially a footman)

                      lacai
                      Usage of lackey in English
                      1
                      A lackey in red livery would usher the strangers into the audience-chamber.
                      Manasseh: A Romance of Transylvania
                      2
                      So we arrived together at the door where the red lackey stood.
                      The Making of an American
                      3
                      Jacob Zuma has already stepped into to try and save his lackey.
                      The South African
                      4
                      I'm Oberon's favorite lackey, but I can only push him so far.
                      The iron king
                      5
                      The signs do not look promising for the former Zuma lackey, though.
                      The South African
                      6
                      Gabriel Nietzel entered, and behind him the lackey gently closed the door.
                      The Youth of the Great Elector
                      7
                      He entered the Kornilov House, and after short conversation with the chamber-lackey,-
                      Rescuing the Czar: Two authentic diaries arranged and translated
                      8
                      Dot sensibly hustled off the lackey, and so we were alone together.
                      The Yeoman Adventurer
                      9
                      Do not assume lackey's duties or they will think you are one.'
                      Tetrarch (Well of Echoes)
                      10
                      British courting often needs a lackey to keep it on its legs.
                      Germany and the Germans from an American Point of View
                      11
                      I had believed that of some hired lackey, not of a Broux.
                      The Helmet of Navarre
                      12
                      Some poor underpaid lackey will just feed it to the printer's fire!
                      Romancing miss bronte: a novel
                      13
                      As if he were a lackey who had dared approach a Duchess!
                      The Torrent (Entre Naranjos)
                      14
                      His lackey, the lich, had come at precisely the wrong moment.
                      Arthas: rise of the lich king
                      15
                      Back at that restaurant, you said France shouldn't be a lackey to anyone.
                      The bourne identity
                      16
                      Tell us some horror stories from your days as his lackey.
                      More bitter than death: an emma fielding mystery
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                      Translations for lackey
                      Russian
                      лакей
                      Lackey through the time
                      Lackey across language varieties
                      United Kingdom
                      Common
                      United States of America
                      Common