LACKEY
NOUNS, PERSON
1523 ► LACKET a lackey; a footman → obs.
1529 ► LACKEY → LACQUEY a (liveried) servant; a footman; esp. a running footman; a valet; a menial
1841 ► YELLOW-PLUSH a humorous appellation for a footman, esp. one who wears breeches made of yellow plush; also, an underling; a lackey → obs.
1852 ► LACKES lackeys; companions → obs. (Bk.)
1906 ► DISHRAG a lackey; someone or something of little value or importance → Amer. dial.
1925 ► RUNNING DOG a person who is subservient to a foreign power, esp. to one that threatens revolutionary interests; later, generally, a servile follower, a lackey
1957 ► MONKEY a person who is less important or powerful than another; a subordinate, a lackey → often depreciative
1965 ► DISHCLOTH a lackey; someone or something of little value or importance → Amer. dial.
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