plural lackeys
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b
: someone who does menial tasks or runs errands for another
2
: a servile follower : toady
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Examples of lackey in a Sentence
Noun
He was nothing but a spineless lackey of the establishment.
a celebrity surrounded by his lackeys
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Ivan Briscoe, Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2019
Long dismissed as a lackey or a laughingstock (thanks to his looks and his limp), the former driver turned factory manager spots an opportunity where others only see catastrophe.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 12 Sep. 2024
WIRED, 15 Nov. 2023
The trio quickly find themselves in a new power struggle for control of the company against Logan's C-suite lackeys Frank (Peter Friedman), Karl (David Rasche) and Hugo (Fisher Stevens).
—Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 10 Apr. 2023
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Noun
The first principle of Chavismo, the movement created by Maduro’s predecessor, Hugo Chávez, is that Chavistas are locked in a permanent struggle with the imperialist United States and its lackeys in the Venezuelan oligarchy.
—Ivan Briscoe, Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2019
Long dismissed as a lackey or a laughingstock (thanks to his looks and his limp), the former driver turned factory manager spots an opportunity where others only see catastrophe.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 12 Sep. 2024
Verb
With the world order disrupted, Mario searches for seven stars to defeat villain Smithy and his pointy lackeys.
—WIRED, 15 Nov. 2023
The trio quickly find themselves in a new power struggle for control of the company against Logan's C-suite lackeys Frank (Peter Friedman), Karl (David Rasche) and Hugo (Fisher Stevens).
—Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 10 Apr. 2023
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“Lackey.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lackey. Accessed 16 Nov. 2024.
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