Thesaurus: lackey

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1. v. An attending male servant; a footman; a servile follower.
2. v. t. To attend as a lackey; to wait upon.
3. v. i. To act or serve as lackey; to pay servile attendance.
4. n. a male servant (especially a footman)
5. n. a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage
6. An attending male servant; a footman; a servile follower. Like a Christian footboy or a gentleman's lackey. Shak. Lackey caterpillar (Zoöl.), 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 (Zoöl.), the moth which produces the lackey caterpillar. To attend as a lackey; to wait upon. A thousand liveried angels lackey her. Milton. To act or serve as lackey; to pay servile attendance.
7. An attending male servant; a footman; a servile follower.Like a Christian footboy or a gentleman's lackey. Shak.Lackey caterpillar (Zoöl.), the caterpillar, or larva, of anybombycid moth of the genus Clisiocampa; -- so called from its party-colored markings. The common European species (C. neustria) isstriped with blue, yellow, and red, with a white line on the back.The American species (C. Americana and C. sylvatica) are commonlycalled tent caterpillars. See Tent caterpillar,under Tent.-- Lackey moth (Zoöl.), the moth which produces the lackeycaterpillar.
8. n:100 n. a male servant (especially a footman)