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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Lackey \Lack"ey\, v. t.
To attend as a lackey; to wait upon.
A thousand liveried angels lackey her. --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Lackey \Lack"ey\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Lackeyed}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Lackeying}.]
To act or serve as lackey; to pay servile attendance.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
lackey
n 1: a male servant (especially a footman) [syn: {flunky}, {flunkey}]
2: a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a
personal advantage [syn: {sycophant}, {toady}, {crawler}]
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